At 21, Recovering Heroin Addict Gets a New Start – Canton Repository

At 21, recovering heroin addict gets a new start – Canton Repository

At 21, recovering heroin addict gets a new start
Canton Repository
At 21, recovering heroin addict gets a new start. Cody Lewis was consumed by heroin. Every day was the same: Get up sick if he hadn't used in 12 hours. Figure out how to get money. Then drive 35 miles from his suburban home in Aurora to Chicago to score.

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Community ‘plagued’ by drug trend, officials say at opiate forum – Wicked Local Melrose

Community 'plagued' by drug trend, officials say at opiate forum
Wicked Local Melrose
Funaoile described opioids as "drugs made from opium, either natural or manufactured." This includes heroin, morphine, codeine, methadone, oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), and Fentanyl. "People feel relaxed, feelings of euphoria, …

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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe
In the postpartum recovery room, a correctional officer again shackled Rivera to the bed by her ankle. Rivera, now 35, is …. On the advice of her obstetrician, she started that October on methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat dependence. Her

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New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging – The Patriot Ledger

New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
The Patriot Ledger
That appealed to many addicts from suburban or professional backgrounds – people who didn't want the stigma of attending methadone clinics, which require daily oral treatment. "I am without a doubt certain that if I didn't have Suboxone, I would be

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