Heroin increasing its reach in small towns

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SNOHOMISH — The drug counselor told the five addicts that the odds were stacked against them. Only one of them likely would beat their addiction. The others would come back to rehab or return to drugs for good. One would probably end up in prison and one likely would die.

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Advances in Treatment of Chemical Dependency Help Address Rising Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse

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NEW ROCHELLE, NY (PRWEB) May 7, 2004 – Opiate and prescription drug abuse continues to run rampant throughout the country. Once thought to be a problem of unkempt, unsavory characters that…

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Effective Drug Rehabilitation Opposes Prescribed Heroin Trial in Canada

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(PRWEB) February 16, 2005 — The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) began enrolling heroin addicts into a clinical trial that will give them more heroin, and it is funded by the…

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Heroin use spikes in Shelby County

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(Shelby County, AL) WIAT- Shelby County Drug Task Force Commander, Lt. Chris George says there were zero heroin arrests in the county a few years ago. This year is a different story. Lt. George says very potent brown or black tar heroin believed to be from Mexico is showing up in Shelby County. He says the drug is available, addictive, and deadly. “It’s much more pure than what we’ve seen in …

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Opiate addicts get hooked via prescriptions

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If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at Buffalo physicians they first got hooked on drugs legitimately prescribed for pain.

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