5 Ways to Help Heroin Addicts – Washington Post

5 ways to help heroin addicts – Washington Post

5 ways to help heroin addicts
Washington Post
Virginia is developing a pilot program to provide naloxone to family members of recovering addicts in a few hard-hit jurisdictions, said Mellie Randall, director of Substance Abuse Services at the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and

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Not-So-Quick Fix – LA Magazine

Not-So-Quick Fix
LA Magazine
When combined with naloxone, it is known by the brand name Suboxone and is safer than methadone and easier to obtain (it can be prescribed by authorized physicians rather than dispensed only at federally approved clinics). The stuff is popular; in 2012

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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
Some were riding it out on Suboxone, a drug like methadone that helps recovering addicts. And there was Connor Brennan, looking like a young man home from college, getting hugs from people who were surprised to see him. He had been off heroin for 28 …

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Alcoholic burned girlfriend with cigarette while she slept – Liverpool Echo


Liverpool Echo

Alcoholic burned girlfriend with cigarette while she slept
Liverpool Echo
He dropped the bag full of money outside which was recovered and police got his DNA from the handle. … She said because he couldn't get his methadone prescription he began taking hard drugs including heroin and cocaine which cost him £200 a day.

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