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Heroin Addiction

VICE on HBO: Can an Obscure -- and Illegal -- African Plant Help Cure Heroin and Opiate Addiction?

Dimitri Mugianis | Posted 05.16.2013 | Crime
Read More: Heroin Addiction, Alternative Medicine, Ibogaine Therapy, Ibogaine Treatment, Ibogaine, Iboga, Crime News
Dimitri Mugianis

For me, ibogaine was my saving grace. After I returned from Holland 11 years ago, I was opiate-free, happier than I'd been in years, and had no desire to go back to using heroin or other drugs.

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Is This The Gay Community's Newest Threat?

YourTango | Biz Hurst | Posted 05.12.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Drug Use, LGBT Issues, Heroin Addiction, Drug Abuse Gay Community, Heroin, Drug Abuse, Heroin Use, Gay Issues, Gay Drug Abuse, Gay Voices News

I lost my girlfriend to an epidemic I didn't know existed. How could this happen? I have attempted to block out a particular moment from this past ...

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'Intervention': Message From God Brings Clarity

Posted 01.22.2013 | TV
Read More: Reality TV, Video, Intervention Sexually Molested, Heroin Addiction, Tv Replay, TV Canada, Intervention Tiffany, Intervention Sexually Assaulted, TV News

With a little help from above, Tiffany's mother was able to understand some of the demons that were haunting her teenage daughter. At 19-years old, Ti...

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'Intervention': Heroin Addict Freaks Out On A Plane

Posted 11.27.2012 | TV
Read More: Drug Addiction, Reality TV, Video, Intervention, Heroin Addiction, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Heroin, Intervention Nick, TV News

On "Intervention," Nick's story showed just how dangerous a heroin addiction can be. At only 23-years old, Nick has already been hospitalized a dozen ...

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'Intervention': Teen Girl's Parents Did Nothing After She Was Raped

Posted 11.20.2012 | TV
Read More: Teen Rape, Reality TV, Rape, Intervention, Alcoholism, Heroin Addiction, Meth Addiction, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Video, TV News

On "Intervention," 24-year-old Megan was two years into a heroin addiction. Her downward spiral began when she was just 15. She started using alcohol,...

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'Drugged': Mom Tries To Get Son Heroin In A Hospital

Posted 10.15.2012 | TV
Read More: Reality TV, National Geographic Drugged, Video, Nat Geo Drugged, Enablers, Enabling, Drugged, Heroin Addiction, TV Canada, Tv Replay, TV News

"Drugged" revealed the story of Schuyler, a 21-year-old heroin addict who uses up to four times a day. As has been shown on several other television s...

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Is There A SoCal Heroin Epidemic?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 10.12.2012 | Los Angeles
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The day after a Southern Californian 22-year-old died of a heroin overdose, her family joined other families who have lost a son or daughter to heroin...

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Iran's Drug Policy: Hypocrisy in Action

Chris DeVito | Posted 09.18.2012 | World
Read More: Iran, Human Rights, Heroin Addiction, Afghanistan, United Nations, Amnesty International, Death Penalty, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World News
Chris DeVito

Iran sees much of the world's heroin supply travel through its territory. However, Iran isn't simply a transit point. By most estimates the country has one of the highest rates of heroin and opium addiction in the world.

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

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Drug Bust, Student Crime, School Drugs, Heroin Addiction, Monica Gray, Drugs at School, Monica Gray Heroin Balloons, Student-Drugs, Student Arrested, Drugs, Heroin, Heroin Use, Monica Gray Heroin, Drug Arrest, Home News

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 06.14.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Video, Drug Arrests, Drug Addiction, Illinois War on Drugs, Heroin Addiction, Drug War, Illinois Drugs, Drugs, War on Drugs, Illinois Heroin, Heroin Use, Chicago News

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 | Teen
Read More: Heroin Abuse, Video, Heroin Addiction, Heroin, Heroin Overdose, Teenagers-Heroin-Addiction, Heroin Addicts, Teen News

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 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Courtney, Prostitution, Video, Reality TV, Heroin Addiction, Junkie Princess, Intervention, Tv Replay, TV News

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 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Drug Addiction, Reality TV, Canada Tv, Video, Treatment Center, Intevention, Heroin Addiction, Heroin, Tv Replay, Rehab, TV News

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 | San Francisco
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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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Lizzie Schiffman

Study Sheds Light On Heroin Use Among Young Suburbanites

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011 | Chicago
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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 | Crime
Read More: The Wire, Heroin Addiction, Baltimore, Drug Gangs, Operation Usual Suspects, Baltimore Crime, Hbo, Conspiracy, Crime News

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 | Impact
Read More: Homeless Addiction, Drug Addiction, Heroin Addiction, Homeless Addicts, Vancouver, Heroin Addicts, Supervised-Injection-Site, Insite, invisiblepeople.tv, Harm Reduction, Heroin, Canada, Mark Horvath, Homelessness, Homeless, Invisible People, Video, Impact News
Mark Horvath

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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Drug Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Treatment, Immunopharmacotherapy, Hiv Infection, Heroin Addiction, Intravenous Drugs, Heroin Treatment, Drugs, Heroin, Heroin Vaccine, Sharing Needles, Vaccines, Video, Healthy Living News

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 | Home
Read More: Cocaine Addiction, Heroin Overdose, Canada Drug Laws, Cocaine Overdose, Supervised Injection Facility, Heroin Addiction, Heroin, Injection Facility, Drug Laws, Overdose Rate, Overdose, Cocaine, Drugs, Home News

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 | Home
Read More: Addiction & Recovery, Drug Addiction, H.I.V., 12 Steps, Vancouver, Vicodin, Abstinence, Shooting Room, Harm Reduction, Aa, Clean Needles, Liz Evans, Insite, Oxycontin, Heroin Addiction, Aids, International Harm Reduction Association, Science Times, Phs, Home News
Stanton Peele

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 | Home
Read More: Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Gambling Addiction, Addictive Disorders, Stanton Peele, Brain Reward Systems, Heroin Addiction, The Meaning of Addiction, Love and Addiction, Smoking Addiction, Marijuana Addiction, Dsm-5, Home News
Stanton Peele

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 | Books
Read More: The Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, The Stones, Keith Richards Book, Heroin Addiction, Keith Richards Life, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

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 | Chicago
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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 | Chicago
Read More: Heroin Addiction, Roosevelt University, Heroin, Drug Policy, Drug Overdose, Chicago Drugs, Chicago, Chicago News

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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Heroin Addiction, Drug Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Lloyd Sederer, Opium Addiction, Addiction Recovery, Narcotics Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

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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