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Drexel Study: Heroin Addicts Often Started on Pain Meds – Newsworks.org

Heroin Addiction: Drexel study: Heroin addicts often started on pain meds – Newsworks.org

Drexel study: Heroin addicts often started on pain meds
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Drexel University's Stephen Lankenau, lead investigator for the study, cautioned that only a small portion of those who abuse prescription pain medications go on to become heroin users. He said, however, that most of the heroin users who were

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Heroin Addiction: Experts Claim to Develop Vaccine against Heroin Addiction – News Tonight


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Experts Claim to Develop Vaccine against Heroin Addiction
News Tonight
''Most cocaine and heroin addicts aren't CEOs and insurance companies don't cover them. But there's clearly a need for this. The billions of dollars spent on wasted lives, theft, destruction, AIDS – it's hard to measure”.

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Heroin Addiction: Rat Study: Single Vaccine Against Heroin Addiction Feasible – Doctors Lounge

Heroin Addiction: Rat Study: Single Vaccine Against Heroin Addiction Feasible – Doctors Lounge


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Rat Study: Single Vaccine Against Heroin Addiction Feasible
Doctors Lounge
G. Neil Stowe, from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues investigated a singular vaccine strategy against heroin addiction with potential to display multiple drug-like antigens. Two haptens synthesized were heroin-like
New 'wonder drug' will help heroin addicts kick the habitMetro
Scripps Research Scientists Create Vaccine Against Heroin HighHealthCanal.com
Vaccine against heroin createdThe Nation, Pakistan
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Heroin Addiction: Pharma arm too reliant on heroin addict drug – CITY A.M.


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Pharma arm too reliant on heroin addict drug
CITY A.M.
The drugs division is interested in something altogether darker: heroin addiction. Things aren't looking good for Suboxone, RBP's drug for opiate addicts. It lost US patent protection in October 2009 and a raft of cheaper generics are around the corner
Reckitt Benckiser Second-Quarter Net Beats Estimates on Emerging MarketsBloomberg

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Potential Vaccine for Heroin Addiction: Study – International Business Times

Heroin Addiction: Potential Vaccine for Heroin Addiction: Study – International Business Times


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Potential Vaccine for Heroin Addiction: Study
International Business Times
When laboratory rats were given the vaccine, they were found less willing to self-administer heroin. "In conclusion, a vaccine for heroin addiction could prove to be a useful tool for combating heroin addiction, wherein it exploits a motivated
New vaccine could battle heroin addictionUPI.com
Heroin addiction? There's a vaccine for that. [Video]The Inquisitr
Heroin vaccine successful in rats: StudyToronto Sun
EurekAlert (press release) –PR Newswire (press release) –Patch.com
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Heroin Addiction: Portugal: When Heroin Was King – Huffington Post

Portugal: When Heroin Was King
Huffington Post
Hard core addiction has fallen by about half since the early 1990s — with the number of heroin users in Portugal today hovering at about 55000. The rate of HIV and hepatitis infection among drug users — common health issues associated with
Could decriminalizing drugs actually save lives?Asheville Citizen-Times

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Heroin Addiction: Vaccine Protects Mice From Cocaine’s Effects, Study Finds

Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: Vaccine Protects Mice From Cocaine’s Effects, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) — New animal research suggests that cocaine addiction might be treatable with a vaccine that has been engineered from pieces of the common cold virus in combination with a cocaine-like substance that mimics cocaine’s molecular composition.
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Heroin Addiction: Newhouse: Ed Reed’s singing better at 82
For 40 years, Ed Reed was a hidden treasure, hidden mostly from himself. That’s because heroin had him in its clutches, burying his immense talent, and nearly claiming his life as a rudderless, lost young man.
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Heroin Addiction: Tough economy tough on shelters
Local agencies see a spike in homeless seeking a place to sleep. David Hoydu recounted the nine years he spent living in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he oversaw an indoor and outdoor golf course and was a member of the Professional Golfers Association of America.
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Dead Student’s Family Funds Study of Heroin Addiction – the Seattle Times

Heroin Addiction: Dead student’s family funds study of heroin addiction – The Seattle Times

Dead student's family funds study of heroin addiction
The Seattle Times
The callers — all current or recovering heroin users — are encouraged to tell the stories of their addiction. And in recent weeks, a small group of young men and women has done just that, trying to help researchers answer a vexing question: Can you

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Heroin Addiction: Buprenorphine vs. Methadone for Heroin Addiction – PsychCentral.com (blog)

Buprenorphine vs. Methadone for Heroin Addiction
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Researchers in Pisa, Italy recently published findings from a study of heroin addicts treated with either buprenorphine or methadone. The study was a follow-up to earlier studies by the same group; one that examined the personality

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Heroin Addiction: Arbroath man beat addiction — and found love with his support worker – Scotland Courier

Dead Student’s Family Funds Study of Heroin Addiction

Heroin Addiction: Dead student’s family funds study of heroin addiction
Researchers wonder: Can you stop heroin addiction before it starts?
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Heroin Addiction: Former ELF member gets 5 years in heroin case
A convicted arsonist who avoided federal prison five years ago by helping officials lock up fellow Earth Liberation Front activists is headed to state prison for selling heroin. Jacob Jere­miah “Jake” Ferguson, 38, was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to manufacturing, possessing and selling …
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Heroin Addiction: Sentenced to life
It’s hard to find a job when your rap sheet is longer than your resume. Hell, it’s hard to find a job anyway. Imagine trying to do it with a scarlet letter — or a prison tat — across your chest.
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