Posts Tagged ‘heroin addiction’
Wisconsin Babies Face New Epidemic
Wisconsin babies face new epidemic
As heroin tightens its grip on Wisconsin, more attention is being paid to its youngest victims — babies born exposed to that drug and other opiates.
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Reno mayoral candidate died of accidental overdose
Authorities say a 48-year-old Reno man who was running for mayor died of an accidental drug overdose.
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Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction
This junkie is about to begin a three-day, neo-African, sometimes-terrifying, ritualistic trip. Can it help her get clean?
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Doctor worried about future of First Nations addiction program
A Toronto-based doctor is calling on the federal government to commit to long-term funding for addiction treatment in northern Ontario First Nations. Dr. Chetan Mehta is part of a group of physicians who have worked in the Sioux Lookout region to address the oxycontin crisis.
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Peaches Was Secretly Visiting Rehab Centre Weeks Before Her Death, Report Claims
Peaches was secretly visiting rehab centre weeks before her death, report claims
The mother-of-two may have been battling secret heroin addiction by using methadone
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Peaches Geldof secretly visited drug rehab; heroin cause of death
Peaches Geldof secretly visited drug rehab; rocker husband may face police questioning.
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Studying Russell Brand at A-level? Boring…
With Russell Brand now acceptable material for English A-level, is there anything his flowery prose can teach us? UCL professor John Sutherland casts his critical eye over Brand's recent testimony on drug addiction. See his comments in bold below.
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Peaches Geldof 'Visited Drug Rehab Clinic'
Celeb reported to have opened up to staff about her addiction and her family life…
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LePage Relents a Bit on Lifesaving Heroin Overdose Antidote
LePage relents a bit on lifesaving heroin overdose antidote
Supporters of the proposal say naloxone can save lives and give addicts a chance to get into treatment. LePage … Portland firefighters have carried Narcan on all fire trucks and ambulances since 2002, when there was a surge in methadone overdose deaths.
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Big Cuts Could Come to Drug Treatment
They've seen a 300 percent increase in admissions for heroin and significant increases in overdose deaths and ER overdoses. The cuts in methadone treatment would be greater than 25 percent. Bruce Angleman at the center says not only would they have to …
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Roseville woman trying to overcome 10-year heroin addiction
“I overdosed the first time I snorted,” the Roseville woman, 35, said of an incident in 2003 or 2004. Despite a hospital visit and a couple of other overdoses, … She said she has known more than 10 heroin addicts who have died from overdoses, and …
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Waiting Lists for Addiction Treatment Grow, as Region Sees Increase in Heroin Use – Elmira Star-Gazette
Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette
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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that came only after a two-month delay on the program's waiting list, which is … Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment |
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Blotter for April 28 – Aiken Standard
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Blotter for April 28
Aiken Standard The man, who failed several field sobriety tests, said he had recently left a methadone clinic. An Aiken woman who lives on Willis Hill Road … The responding officer recovered two bottles of bleach, a knife and a paintbrush. A Beech Island woman … |
The Heroin Addiction Scourge
The heroin addiction scourge
The quiet, peaceful and pastoral state of Vermont is in the midst of a devastating heroin crisis. … But methadone “treatment” is a little like “curing” the alcoholic who drinks a 12-pack of beer every day by giving him a quart of rum to drink every …
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Unproductive Bodies [Part 1]: Narcotisation of Dependency. – libcom.org (Blog)
Unproductive bodies [part 1]: narcotisation of dependency. – libcom.org (blog)
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Unproductive bodies [part 1]: narcotisation of dependency.
libcom.org (blog) Savage cuts are welfare are the detox is to heroin, workfare the methadone substitute prescription, complete with its own group therapy program. In these conditions the addict produced by the illicit drug market gains a strange position as both abject … |
Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers – WBUR
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Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers
WBUR Here in the city of Brockton, we have three hospitals, a large neighborhood health center, two methadone clinics, a detox and numerous outpatient counseling centers. And we also have a small independent alternative school, called Independence Academy, … |
Freeholders debate possible meth detox clinic in West Ward – The Trentonian