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Heroin Addiction: Inside the Murky World of Pete Doherty – the Guardian

Heroin Addiction: Inside the murky world of Pete Doherty – The Guardian

Inside the murky world of Pete Doherty
The Guardian
By now, Fior had had enough: he was drinking very heavily – "it was my contribution to the ethos", he says, sardonically – and was tired of working with two heroin addicts. "It was a constant nightmare of having to apologise for the things they did,

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Heroin Addiction: How an Afghan Methadone Clinic is Fighting to Counter HIV – PRI’s The World


PRI’s The World

How an Afghan Methadone Clinic is Fighting to Counter HIV
PRI’s The World
In the meantime, many of the former heroin addicts who are now on methadone are employed by the clinic as outreach workers. They go into the drug dens of Kabul to give information on safe injecting practices. They are also walking advertisements for

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Russia Defies Growing Consensus With Declaration of ‘Total War on Drugs’ – the Guardian

Opiate Detox: Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of ‘total war on drugs’ – The Guardian


The Guardian

Russia defies growing consensus with declaration of 'total war on drugs'
The Guardian
Some of Russia's detox clinics still use "coding", a controversial therapy in which patients are scared into thinking terrible consequences (such as their testicles falling off) will result if they mix drugs with medicines which are actually placebos.

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Opiate Detox: INSIDE STORY: Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway’s Treatment – People Magazine


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INSIDE STORY: Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway's Treatment
People Magazine
Although Jeff Conaway, who died on Friday at the age of 60, often spoke of his longtime battle with drug and alcohol addiction, he "was a terribly complex case with chronic pain, opiate addiction and severe childhood trauma," says Dr.
Dr. Drew on Jeff Conaway's battle with addictionSan Francisco Examiner

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