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Heroin Use Needs a Medical, Not a Moral, Crusade – the News Journal

Heroin use needs a medical, not a moral, crusade – The News Journal


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Heroin use needs a medical, not a moral, crusade
The News Journal
At first glance, the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found with a syringe in his arm and surrounded by dozens of packets of heroin, tells us little about the wider opiate problem in the U.S. Money and freedom from 9- to-5 schedules make
Philip Seymour Hoffman's death: The face of heroin abuse is changingFox News
100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that?Washington Post (blog)
How to Slow Heroin's ComebackBloomberg
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MCPSS Random Drug Testing Shows Marijuana Usage – WKRG-TV

MCPSS Random Drug Testing Shows Marijuana Usage
WKRG-TV
Students are tested for a variety of drugs including: Marijuana, Cocaine, PCP, Opiates, Amphetamines, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepine, Methadone, MDMA (Ecstacy), K-2 (Synthetic marijuana). Mouton says one drug is repeatedly showing up. "All of our testing 

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death: The Face of Heroin Abuse Is Changing – Fox News

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death: The face of heroin abuse is changing – Fox News

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death: The face of heroin abuse is changing
Fox News
With the help of Phoenix House, a 12-step program, and Suboxone – a combined opiate agonist and antagonist that has been found to be more effective than methadone – he is finding the strength to overcome his addiction. He also has an 8-month-old 

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Editorial: Closely monitored Narcan access worth a close look – Gloucester Daily Times

Editorial: Closely monitored Narcan access worth a close look
Gloucester Daily Times
But while there is a context to offering Narcan to families of known users, it's also easy to see how that could help users who must be weaned off heroin and other opiates instead rationalize their use, knowing they had a safety valve on hand. To that

Data Shows Prescription Drug Abuse Problem – Norman Transcript

Data shows prescription drug abuse problem – Norman Transcript

Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
Norman Transcript
“We're seeing a big surge in heroin, and 85 percent of those people started on prescription opiates,” said Vorse. “The cost of their addiction (The only exception is methadone.) Although pharmacists are required to log controlled substance

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Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH – Patch.com

Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH – Patch.com

Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH
Patch.com
Between 2005 and 2010, state officials say that Methadone caused the most drug deaths in New Hampshire, with cocaine and Oxycodone rounding out the top three. But by 2011, that had shifted, with Oxycodone causing the most deaths in the state, In

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Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH – Patch.com

Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH – Patch.com

Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH
Patch.com
Between 2005 and 2010, state officials say that Methadone caused the most drug deaths in New Hampshire, with cocaine and Oxycodone rounding out the top three. But by 2011, that had shifted, with Oxycodone causing the most deaths in the state, In

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Heroin’s Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit – ABC News (blog)

Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
ABC News (blog)
Use of the drug – an opiate similar to morphine – is on the rise in the U.S., nearly doubling between 2007 and 2011 when 620,000 Americans reported using heroin at least once, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Experts warned about rise in youth drug use in Stanislaus County – Merced Sun-Star

A ‘blockade’ for Opiates: Vivitrol Offers Hope for Treatment – 77Square.com

A ‘blockade’ for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment – 77Square.com

A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
77Square.com
It works by blocking the brain's receptors for those drugs: Rather than satisfying the appetite for opiates, as medications such as methadone and Suboxone do, it renders opiates ineffective. As prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction become more 

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