PART 3: Death of 27-Year-Old Inmate "Appears to Have Been Preventable"
PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate "appears to have been preventable"
The scheduling nurse, Melissa Greer, said no one gave her any indication that Sparks was in need of emergency care. "She had a bad detox," … Her cause of death was "severe dehydration and acute renal failure from opiate withdrawal." From April 7 …
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Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
In the same year, use of the drug led to nearly 260,000 emergency room visits. … Medications like methadone and buprenorphine, which activate the same brain receptors as heroin, can help reduce cravings and dampen withdrawal symptoms. But for some …
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Surge in heroin use, overdoses hitting close to home
Once it was just a few cases in any given week. But lately, said Dr. Michael Kent, a physician at Anne Arundel Medical Center, the Parole hospital's emergency room sees one or two heroin overdoses a day. “On a busy day, you might have three or four …
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