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Porter County Joins HIDTA as Drug Use Grows – Post-Tribune

Heroin Addiction: Porter County joins HIDTA as drug use grows – Post-Tribune

Porter County joins HIDTA as drug use grows
Post-Tribune
Once heroin addiction develops, users will go to great lengths to avoid the painful withdrawal that can happen as soon as a few hours after a dose. Addicts often turn to theft – beginning with easy targets such as relatives or valuables left in

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Heroin Addiction: Heroin: The Drug of Choice Again – WSBT-TV

Heroin: The Drug of Choice Again
WSBT-TV
And treating heroin addiction can be very expensive. According to information gathered from local treatment facilities, some offer non-medicated therapy on sliding scales – based on income. A 3 to 5-day detox session costs up to $ 1100.

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Heroin Addiction: WSU researcher to learn more about links between stress and drug use – News-Medical.net

Heroin Detox: Insite ‘Halfway Measure’: Ex-Mountie – Toronto Sun

Heroin Detox: Insite ‘halfway measure’: ex-Mountie – Toronto Sun

Insite 'halfway measure': ex-Mountie
Toronto Sun
In an interview Monday, Bass said that while he respected the work done at the supervised drug-injection facility in the Downtown Eastside, he had concerns over how users scored their drugs and – at the time – the lack of detox facilities available.
Insite 'halfway measure': ex-MountieLondon Free Press

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Opiate Detox: Waismann Method Administrative Director Announces Price Reduction on Treatment … – MarketWatch (Press Release)

Opiate Detox: Waismann Method Administrative Director Announces Price Reduction on Treatment … – MarketWatch (press release)

Waismann Method Administrative Director Announces Price Reduction on Treatment
MarketWatch (press release)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Administrative director for the Waismann Method of rapid opiate detoxification, Clare Kavin, today announced a temporary price reduction on the pioneering treatment in honor of the third
Waismann Method Administrative Director Announces Price Reduction on Treatment PR Web (press release)

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Opiate Detox: Special Report, Day Five Willpower alone won’t save them – Press Herald


Press Herald
Special Report, Day Five Willpower alone won't save them
Press Herald
Detox, the process of breaking the body's acute dependence on opiates, is not considered treatment, although it can be the first step. "You can't just detox and be OK, because your brain chemistry has been altered," said Blake, at Discovery House.

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Drug Gangs From English Cities Blamed for Huge Rise in Heroin Use – WalesOnline

Heroin Addiction: Drug gangs from English cities blamed for huge rise in heroin use – WalesOnline

Drug gangs from English cities blamed for huge rise in heroin use
WalesOnline
ORGANISED crime gangs from big English cities are being blamed for a big rise in heroin use in South West Wales while users of the deadly drug are falling across most of England and Wales. The number of heroin and crack

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Heroin Addiction: Member of Running Club for the Homeless to Run Half-Marathon – Patch.com

Member of Running Club for the Homeless to Run Half-Marathon
Patch.com
Chris Sears, 23, rediscovered his love for running while recovering from heroin addiction at the hopeFound shelter in JP. By Chris Helms Back in high school, Chris Sears was a track athlete. That was before the drugs. Sears, 23, has had a rough road
Hanson native uses running to beat drug addictionThe Patriot Ledger

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Heroin Addiction: Will County Gets $200K Grant to Fight Rise in Heroin Use – Chicago Sun-Times

Heroin Addiction: Will County gets 0K grant to fight rise in heroin use – Chicago Sun-Times

Will County gets $ 200K grant to fight rise in heroin use
Chicago Sun-Times
JOLIET — The federal government has awarded the Will County Drug Court a $ 200000 grant to provide resources for the treatment and rehabilitation of those struggling with heroin addictions. The money will enable the drug court to increase the number of
Grant allows drug court to expand assistance to heroin addictsTribLocal

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Heroin Addiction: Heroin addiction figures drop in England. – Mirror.co.uk

Heroin addiction figures drop in England.
Mirror.co.uk
And figures show that younger people are shunning the drug with the average age of addicts increasing. There were 306000 registered heroin addicts in England last year, down from 329000 in 2008, the National

Experience: My Mum Was a Heroin Addict – the Guardian

Heroin Detox: Experience: my mum was a heroin addict – The Guardian


The Guardian
Experience: my mum was a heroin addict
The Guardian
At the start of 1983, Mum was sent to hospital to detox and I went to live with foster parents. As much as I hated leaving my friends and happy life in London, I didn't kick up a fuss. I guess it's a testament to Mum's parenting that I didn't go off

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Heroin Detox: Heroin use in Dublin rising – survey – Irish Times


Irish Times
Heroin use in Dublin rising – survey
Irish Times
The agency, which is now delivering services in 11 counties across Ireland, is also on the threshold of opening a new 10 bed detox unit in in Tullow, Co Carlow, which will increase capacity to 24. A report has found drug problems are continuing to grow