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Helping Young Heroin Addicts – Tonight on KING 5 News at 10

Heroin Addiction: Helping young heroin addicts – tonight on KING 5 News at 10
Dean Shumway died of a heroin overdose just before his 19th birthday. He did not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict, but perhaps he does represent what’s becoming the new face of heroin addiction: white middle class teenager.
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Heroin Addiction: Helping Young Heroin Addicts – Tonight on KING 5 News at 10 – KING5.com

Heroin Addiction: Helping young heroin addicts – tonight on KING 5 News at 10 – KING5.com

Helping young heroin addicts – tonight on KING 5 News at 10
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Dean Shumway died of a heroin overdose just before his 19th birthday. He did not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict, down on his luck and homeless–but perhaps Dean does represent what's becoming the new face of heroin addiction: white middle class

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Amy Winehouse, Like Others in the ’27 Club’, Died Too Young, Too Soon – the Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com

Heroin Addiction: Amy Winehouse, like others in the ’27 Club’, died too young, too soon – The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com


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Amy Winehouse, like others in the '27 Club', died too young, too soon
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Her documented struggles with heroin addiction and failed rehab stints made it painstakingly obvious that Winehouse was in need of serious help. Hanging out with troubled tabloid regular Pete Doherty didn't exactly make things better.
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Heroin Withdrawal: Daniel Radcliffe: Young and Sober – Salon

Heroin Withdrawal: Daniel Radcliffe: Young and sober – Salon

Daniel Radcliffe: Young and sober
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Heroin kills about 400 yearly alone, and another 2500 in combination with another drug. Adverse reactions to prescription drugs total 32000 per year, while marijuana kills no one. According to a 2003 Zogby poll, two of every five Americans say “the

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Heroin Addiction: The Science Behind Pharmaceutical Addiction & Young Adults

It is good news that young adult drinking and tobacco use continues to drop all over the United States, according to a report published by the Associated Press.  However, the bad news is that young adults are still looking to get “high.”  Many will say that abusing pain killers and other prescription drugs is a safer way to feel good.  This information is very false.  Tobacco and alcohol may not be safe to engage in, but prescription drugs are worse.  Smoking one cigarette or having one beer most likely will not end in a serious injury, but by taking one pill, especially when you do not know where it came from, can end in death.  Emerging or young adults (ages 18-25) in the bigger New Mexico cities of Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces are partaking in this dangerous pastime, thinking that it is safer than other drug addictions.  Drug treatment may be necessary for many of the young people as their addiction becomes worse.  Prescription drug addiction has been said to be similar to heroin addiction.  They are both in the “Opioid” category.