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New York Times Story Details Hudson Heroin Epidemic – 77Square.com
New York Times story details Hudson heroin epidemic – 77Square.com
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New York Times story details Hudson heroin epidemic
77Square.com State Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, has introduced bills that focus on prevention and treatment rather than punishment, and immunity for people calling 911 to report an overdose, prompted by his daughter's heroin addiction. Those measures have passed … Families still struggle with problems of heroin and painkiller overdoses |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Stay Tuned | Heroin | “Addiction” Is a Horrible Word to Speak – Stay Tuned | Heroin | 8 of 9 Casey Nolen hosts this weekly discussion series featuring input from participants via Facebook, Twitter and Google+ Hangouts. St…
Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
Prescription Painkillers Seen As A Gateway To Heroin
Launch media viewer Doctors said they see addicts switch back and forth between pills and heroin. Pic: The New York Times The life of a heroin addict is not the same as it was 20 years ago, and the biggest reason is what some doctors call “heroin lite”: prescription opiates.
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results
Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin – New York Times
Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin – New York Times
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Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
New York Times “The old-school user, pre-1990s, mostly used just heroin, and if there was none around, went through withdrawal,” said Stephen E. Lankenau, a sociologist at Drexel University who has surveyed young addicts. Today, he said, “users switch back and forth, … Today's Heroin Problem Linked to Prescription Painkillers Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic When calling 911 can land you in jail |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Former heroin addict to relatives of addicts: Cut them off – The Times-Picayune
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Former heroin addict to relatives of addicts: Cut them off
The Times-Picayune If a user goes through withdrawal, which is uncomfortable but not deadly, the body will reset overtime, setting the tolerance back to zero, he said. If someone shoots up again, they might take the dose they remember using last, resulting in a “high … |
Heroin Abuse Under a Spotlight in Detroit After Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Heroin abuse under a spotlight in Detroit after death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Doctors working shifts at the Detroit Medical Center's Emergency Room in the heart of the city say heroin overdoses are daily occurrences. Strike up a conversation with a Detroit resident and stories … Johnson, who has lost “at least a couple dozen …
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Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief
And those statistics lag behind heroin's resurgence over the last few years, as crackdowns on pill mills have made painkillers harder to get and new formulations have made them harder to abuse. Painkillers remain a far larger problem, but a federal …
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Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
Prescription Painkillers Seen As A Gateway To Heroin
Launch media viewer Doctors said they see addicts switch back and forth between pills and heroin. Pic: The New York Times The life of a heroin addict is not the same as it was 20 years ago, and the biggest reason is what some doctors call “heroin lite”: prescription opiates.
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results
Heroin’s Small-Town Toll, and a Mother’s Grief – New York Times
Heroin’s Small-Town Toll, and a Mother’s Grief – New York Times
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Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief
New York Times … an uncapped red lipstick sits on the dresser and a teddy bear on the duvet. The jumble of belongings both comforts and unsettles her — colorful bras, bangle bracelets and childhood artwork; court summonses; a 12-step bible; and a Hawaiian lei … |
How Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved – TIME
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How Philip Seymour Hoffman Could Have Been Saved
TIME We don't know if Hoffman was, upon discharge from treatment, prescribed medications like Suboxone, which prevents opiate relapse, but it's unlikely, because most treatment programs eschew them. If he had been (and if he took them as prescribed), it's … Fans flock to Philip Seymour Hoffman's Manhattan apartment in wake of star's … Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death: Everything We Know So Far (UPDATED) The Master |