Drug Methadone

Hong Kong girls using wider variety of drugs than boys as addicts get younger
It wasn't that long ago that she underwent the same ordeal as other addicts did to wean themselves off drugs. …. With heroin users, they are addicted to methadone [used to reduce withdrawal symptoms] so these numbers can be counted at rehab centres.
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A Father's Struggle Against Heroin Addiction Highlights the Cost of an Epidemic
After doctors weaned off his supply, he began buying on the streets. It was only a matter … His story is all too typical — nearly four out of five people who recently started using heroin used prescription painkillers first, according to the Center …
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