Cleaveland: Heroin Scourge Is on the Rise

Cleaveland: Heroin scourge is on the rise
These cause complex problems when injected. Fentanyl, a powerful prescription narcotic, is increasingly used as an additive ("China … Sustaining abstinence often requires prescription drugs such as methadone or buprenorphine, which bind to the same …
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A Way to Reduce Drug Overdoses?
“The recent unfortunate death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman brought back to life the fact that the drug problem seems to be getting worse again,” Assemblyman Dinowitz said. The bill was passed … Naloxone has been proved to be crucial in …
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Legal, Regulated Heroin Could Have Saved Philip Seymour Hoffman
“He had problems when he was younger, got help, then he was using pills, then he switched to heroin,” Clear noted. In fact, pharmaceutical drugs like Oxycontin that are one of the primary reasons we have an … That's a program where pharmaceutical …
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