Heroin Addiction

Student Brings 10 Heroin-Filled Balloons To School, Shoots Up In Bathroom

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.10.2012

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Monica A. Gray, an 18-year-old student at Fairfield Career Center in Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this week after she brought 10 balloons of heroin t...

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Police, Prosecutors Try New Tactics To Tackle Heroin Use

AP | JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Posted 04.14.2012

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ST. LOUIS — With heroin becoming cheaper than a six-pack and as easy to obtain as pot, police and prosecutors are turning to more aggressive tac...

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Teens Honor Memory Of Friend Who Died Of Heroin Overdose (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 03.16.2012

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A drug once associated primarily with crime, poverty, and homeless now has a surprising new set of victims -- suburban teenagers. More and more instan...

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'Junkie Princess' Attempts Escape On 'Intervention'

Posted 03.06.2012

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The situation got a little dangerous on "Intervention" (Mon., 10 p.m. EST on A&E) when self-proclaimed "junkie princess" Courtney was confronted with ...

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Confronting Heroin Addict's Mother Before The 'Intervention'

Posted 03.11.2012

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For an "Intervention" (Mon, 10 p.m. EST on A&E) to be successful in the long-term, the family support structure has to be strong and on board with the...

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Heroin Overdose-Halting Drug Saves Hundreds Of San Franciscans' Lives

| Posted 01.22.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Lauren Smiley For the last eight years, the city's Department of Public Healt...

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Study Sheds Light On Heroin Use Among Young Suburbanites

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011

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"I was not a big risk taker as a kid. [My parents] can't picture me using heroin. My mom was putting ribbons in my hair in fifth grade, and curling my...

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HBO Actress Will Plead Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

AP | By SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 10.08.2011

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BALTIMORE -- An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's "The Wire" pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught...

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Why A Christian Nurse Helps Addicts Shoot Up

Mark Horvath | Posted 02.22.2012

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It's easy to judge from a distance, but the people who have problems with the harm-reduction model just have never seen Hell like I have.

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Heroin Vaccine Found To Work On Rats

Posted 09.25.2011

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In what could be a breakthrough for addiction treatment, researchers have found it's possible to vaccinate lab rats against the effects of heroin. ...

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Program Supervising Illegal Drug Use Successfully Cut Overdose Rates

Posted 06.18.2011

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North America's only sanctioned facility for injection of illegal drugs has cut overdose deaths and should be used as a model in other cities, accor...

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Living and Dying With And Without Harm Reduction

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

A new Vancouver-based program, called Insite, has substantial benefits in terms of reduction in HIV infection and increased follow-up medical treatment of addicts.

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How The Meaning Of Addiction Is Shifting As We Speak

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

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So when is something addictive? It's addictive when we reckon a kind of preoccupation has significant negative effects, either on us as individuals, or on society.

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Keith Richards Lets It Bleed in 'Life'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Richards. Right, he's the Rolling Stone you notice when Mick Jagger's not shaking and singing. Whose solution to spilling a bit of his father's ashes was to grab a straw and snort. Whose most recent revelation is about the size of Mick's...

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Heroin Abuse On The Rise In Chicago, Suburbs

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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More people in Chicago and its suburbs are admitted to hospital emergency rooms for heroin use than in any other major city, and heroin is now the mos...

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Study: Chicago's Heroin Problem Worst In The Nation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago and its suburban counties are suffering the worst heroin problem in America, according to a new study. Nearly 24,000 people in the area were ...

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A New Treatment for Narcotic Addiction

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Burprenorphine is a prescribed medication that became available, with harsh limits on how it could be prescribed, in 2002. Yet it's the first truly novel treatment for narcotic addiction.

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'Swansea Love Story': An Up-Close Look At The Life Of UK Drug Addicts (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Vice Magazine's Andy Capper and Leo Leigh have produced a moving film that documents young lives in an economically ravaged area of South Wales. Cap...

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