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Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, well-educated area, young people are jeopardizing

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More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Northborough

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Northborough
The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells …

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More Somerville Families Opening Up About Heroin Addiction – Wicked Local Littleton

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Littleton

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Littleton
The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells …

Heroin Detox – Google News

State learns more in fight against heroin epidemic at panel of legislators in … – WatertownDailyTimes.com


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State learns more in fight against heroin epidemic at panel of legislators in
WatertownDailyTimes.com
AMANDA MORRISON • WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES. Chelsea Mulcahy tears up while giving a testimony about the life of her boyfriend, who struggled with heroin addiction until his death, during the New York State Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction
State learns more in the fight against heroinInsurance News Net (press release)

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Overdose Victim: Make Narcan Available to All Who Need It

Overdose Victim: Make Narcan Available To All Who Need It
– Monroe News photo by KIM BRENT Mike McKeone struggled with a heroin addiction for 3 years. When he overdosed, it was Narcan that saved his life. Narcan is carried by firefighter/paramedics as well as ambulance paramedics and blocks opiates from being absorbed, thereby stopping an overdose.
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Heroin Hits Close to Home – Coastal Point

Heroin hits close to home – Coastal Point

Heroin hits close to home
Coastal Point
Even though there are drugs that keep people off of heroin, when you withdrawal from that it's worse than the heroin,” he said. “It'll make the first week of detox bearable, but if you continue to do it after that, you're just going to get addicted to

Heroin Detox – Google News

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Orleans

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Orleans
The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells …

Heroin Detox – Google News

Kicking the Habit: Staying Clean and Sober

Kicking the habit: staying clean and sober
“I never had success with detox or rehab and always went back around my old friends and back to my old behavior.” … Although Davis is taking it one day at a time, her long-range goals are to move on with her life and get her GED, go to college to …
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Chronicling a heroin addict's life
The withdrawal was hell, and Jonathan said he never wanted to go through anything like that again. But he relapsed, again and again. Eventually he started doing something he vowed he never would: inject heroin. Of his group of 10 friends, one was dead, …
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HEROIN | It’s Cheap, Available, Lethal and on the Rise on Whidbey

HEROIN | It’s cheap, available, lethal and on the rise on Whidbey
Langley Police Chief Dave Marks tore his Achilles tendon while chasing a heroin addict through the woods last year.
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results