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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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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Chronicling a heroin addict’s life – Boston Globe

Chronicling a heroin addict's life
Boston Globe
Jamie told them that she decided to do a case study on heroin, because of the recent attention paid to overdoses and because she wants to become an addiction counselor. Her case study involved someone she called Jonathan. Continue reading below.

Heroin Addiction – Google News

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

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 …

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Heroin ‘filled the hole’: For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to … – Omaha World-Herald

Heroin 'filled the hole': For kid from suburbs, pot was first stop on road to
Omaha World-Herald
But after six months, he said, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been sober since Oct. 12. Lewis attends Narcotics Anonymous meetings and group therapy and has begun speaking about his heroin …
Treatment for addicts must be availableStandard Speaker

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I Found Two White Oval Pills With “m360” on One Side.?

Question by Amandae: I found two white oval pills with “m360” on one side.?
pills i found in my 13 year old brothers pocket… please tell me its nothing serious?

Best answer:

Answer by Sarah F
http://www.drugs.com/imprints.php?action=search&imprint=m360&shape=&color=12&I1=Search

does this help? it says its hydrocodone

Answer by K
That mark indicates narcotic Vicodin/hydrocodone. If you don’t know what those are, they are very bad things to find in a 13 year old’s pocket if he or she is not legally prescribed. They have a high rate of abuse and are increasingly popular among the adolescent set.

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
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New Methadone Treatment Worries Vancouver Users

New methadone treatment worries Vancouver users
The B.C. government says Methadose, which will come strictly in liquid form, will provide a safer, more consistent treatment for patients seeking withdrawal from drugs such as heroin. “While the current methadone formula needs to be compounded, this …
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Methadone Formula Raises Overdose Concerns In BC
Methadose—the name of the new drug— is being pitched as a "safer, more consistent treatment" for drug users to help withdrawal from substances such as heroin, morphine and oxycodone, the provincial government said in a news release. It has been …
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Ky. Senate Passes Bill Aimed to Combat Surge in Heroin Addiction – WXIX

Ky. Senate passes bill aimed to combat surge in heroin addiction – WXIX


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Ky. Senate passes bill aimed to combat surge in heroin addiction
WXIX
The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill aimed at combating a deadly surge in heroin addiction, 36 to nothing. The bill calls for tougher punishment for higher-volume heroin traffickers. The measure now goes to the Kentucky House and is being applauded by 
New Bill to Help Heroin AbuseWBKO
Kentucky Senate passes bill to treat heroin addicts, punish dealersWAVE
Kentucky Senate approves bill aimed at curbing surge in heroin addictionGreenfield Daily Reporter

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective … – YottaFire

Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective
YottaFire
Supervised injectable opiate treatments are more cost-effective than optimised oral methadone treatment for chronic heroin addiction, according to new research from King's College London. Although injectable treatments are more expensive to provide

Rethinking Thailand’s War on Methamphetamines – Gant Daily

Rethinking Thailand’s war on methamphetamines – Gant Daily

Rethinking Thailand's war on methamphetamines
Gant Daily
The number of government sites providing methadone treatment for addiction almost doubled from 10 locations in 2012 to' in 2013, while state-run harm reduction services remain focused on heroin users, which account for less than one percent of drug

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News