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Addiction expert talks about heroin overdose spike in Syracuse
CNYCentral talks exclusively to a local drug-addiction expert after five overdoses were reported in a 24-hour period in Syracuse this week.
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Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
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Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts Palladium-Item Bobbie Jo Rains, 28, left, and roommate Kayla Pauly, 24, at Cross Road Christian Recovery Center for Women. Rains is putting her life back together after heroin addiction and time in prison for crimes she committed. / Robert Sullivan/Palladium-Item … and more »

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Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem – The Rome Observer

Read more... Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem The Rome Observer She urged the senators to bring more education to the area and get a local detox, as most addicts who want to go to a detoxification facility have to travel to Syracuse. “It is very common that heroin is now a major factor, and the availability of the … and more »

Heroin use, deaths in Michigan are on the rise
Some states, including Michigan, are reporting a rise in heroin use as many addicts shift from more costly and harder-to-get prescription opiates to this cheaper alternative. A look at what's happening in Michigan: THE PROBLEM: Heroin is a “significant …
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Editorial: Rise of heroin use in mid-Hudson calls for new approach
When it comes to heroin use in the region with its associated damage to individuals, families and communities, that first step is well established. Whether the setting is a community forum such as the one last week in Middletown or many similar …
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RISING HEROIN ABUSE TAKES LETHAL TOLL
Stafford County detective Chad Oxley says handcuffs bring a special fear to the eyes of heroin addicts. It's not so much the pending loss of freedom that scares them. It's the thought of what their bodies are about to go through when their drug of …
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Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
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Heroin Fix Starts In Doc’s Office
Targeting a heroin epidemic, a high-powered group assembled in New Haven sent a message to doctors: Stop helping patients get hooked on prescription drugs.
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Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
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Heroin overdoses continue to rise across the New England states
Search for drug abuse prevention continues   As the use, abuse and death rates relating to drugs like heroin gain greater concern throughout New England, states are enabling more life-saving strategies. N.H. Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Thomas Andrew, stated drug deaths in the state of N.H. had a 300 percent increase since he entered his […]
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Drug program in jeopardy for pregnant women
Babies with opiate-withdrawal symptoms are often born premature, with low birth-weights and disrupted heart rates and motor skills. NAS can also impact the baby's sensory stimulation, sleep and feeding patterns. Funded primarily with government grants, …
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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction
In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers — oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone — rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last …
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HIV/AIDS explodes in Russia as Putin eschews “western” science
Around 58% of those new Russian HIV infections are from IV drug use – Russia has one of the worst heroin problems in the world (and then when the government tried to stamp out heroin use, everyone switched to an even worse drug, the flesh-eating …
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