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Krokodil, Flesh Eating Heroin Substitute, Not in Hamilton – CBC.ca

Krokodil, flesh eating heroin substitute, not in Hamilton – CBC.ca

Krokodil, flesh eating heroin substitute, not in Hamilton
CBC.ca
No Krokodil users have been admitted into withdrawal programs in Hamilton run by St. Joseph's Healthcare, says Debbie Bang, the manager of St. Joseph's Healthcare Womankind addictions service. Jim, a former heroin and opioid user from Hamilton says 

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

New York Times Misses Mark on Buprenorphine Drug – Huffington Post

New York Times Misses Mark on Buprenorphine Drug
Huffington Post
In a lengthy front page story called: "Addiction Treatment with a Dark Side," The New York Times recently drew attention to buprenorphine, a medication used to treat addiction to heroin and prescription opioids. As physicians and researchers studying

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Infant drug dependency is a troubling epidemic – Biddeford Journal Tribune

Infant drug dependency is a troubling epidemic
Biddeford Journal Tribune
Methadone and buprenorphine are used to treat opiate addiction, and they can be given to pregnant women to help them cope with their addiction during pregnancy. While the drugs can cause babies to experience withdrawal after they are born, they help 

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Antonio’s story – Stories of heroin survival – My Treatment My Choice – Antonio had a difficult time at home, “my life was chaos”. He turned to heroin but to spare his mother more pain, he took to living on the streets and “the s…