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Cover Story Orphaned by Addicts Page 1
Cover Story Orphaned by Addicts Page 1
Her parents funded their meth, heroin and pill habits by stealing credit cards, using fake Social Security numbers, pawning their children's Disney video collection and taking Nielsen's birthday money. In a state where 88,000 people need … I started …
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Witnesses recall drug-fueled night of triple homicide
… received from a friend earlier that day. He pocketed it. Jarman was also in that room, Curtis and Fotu said. He was quiet and hunched over, possibly withdrawing from heroin. … Curtis, who appeared Wednesday in a dark blue jail jumpsuit with her …
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Cuomo Set to Ease Medical Marijuana Laws, New York Times Reports
Cuomo Set to Ease Medical Marijuana Laws, New York Times Reports
Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to revive a 1980 medical-marijuana law to allow some New York hospitals to make use of the drug for patients with cancer, glaucoma and other illnesses, the New York Times reported. Cuomo, a Democrat, is expected to …
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SLC facility helping youths fight addiction
Jurgela is the CEO and founder of The Utah House, a program that helps kids like the 16-year-old boy deal with issues ranging from substance abuse to mental health. It's a new program, and, according to Jurgela, one that grew out of her time as a …
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Marijuana becomes legal in Colorado: Frequently asked questions
Marijuana was responsible for 4.5 million of the 7.1 million Americans dependent on or abusing illicit drugs, according to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health published by the Department of Health and Human Services. Withdrawal symptoms …
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Historic Utah Heroin Bust May Have Impacted Many Lives
Historic Utah heroin bust may have impacted many lives
Josh Leland knows a few things about heroin addiction. He knows that a lighter, a hollowed out pen and a square of tinfoil can be the difference between euphoria and depression. He knows the best way to consistently have cash on hand is by working …
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Nicole Gregory: When pain kills
Women aged 45 to 54 have the highest risk of dying from a prescription painkiller overdose (opioid or narcotic pain relievers including Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana and methadone). More than five times as many women died from prescription … “A lot of …
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Addiction to Oil – Salt Lake Tribune
Heroin Addiction: Addiction to oil – Salt Lake Tribune
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Addiction to oil
Salt Lake Tribune If an article were to appear in The Tribune in which a group of heroin addicts begged for sympathy over the hardship brought on by the high price of junk, would people feel sorry for them? Take pity on them? Start a relief fund for them? I think not. … |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Heroin Addiction: Professionals Among New Faces Of Heroin Addiction – WLWT Cincinnati
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Professionals Among New Faces Of Heroin Addiction
WLWT Cincinnati BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 10000-square-foot rehabilitation center has just opened in Clermont County to help addicts kick heroin, and some of their clients include lawyers, doctors and other professionals. "I always got good grades; people called me … |