HEROIN ADDICTION

Sue Birkenshaw in opioid abuse
April 17, 2017

The Irony of Medication-Assisted Treatment

Treating addiction to one drug by giving a person a second drug is not a new concept. But the question remains, do substitute drugs just give a person a new addiction?

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Bobby in Drug Abuse
July 26, 2016

The Pervasiveness of Drugs Amongst our Children

The Pervasiveness of Drugs Amongst our Children There was a time that the greatest harm that befell many children was being kept after school or getting a whipping if they got home after dark. But times have changed and not for the better.

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Kathy in Drug Abuse
July 25, 2016

Mixing Drugs Can Be a Death Sentence

Many of heroin-related deaths also involved other drugs as well. Polydrug use can have very unpredictable results and be a deadly mix.

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Sue Birkenshaw in Addiction
December 14, 2015

Heroin’s Tiniest Victims

The heroin epidemic sweeping America isn’t news any more. Every home town newspaper has reported the number of overdose deaths. The Governors of all the hardest-hit states have all taken to the airwaves to announce programs to fight back.

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