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Las Vegas moms talk about losing sons to heroin addiction – MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV

Las Vegas moms talk about losing sons to heroin addiction MyNews3 Las Vegas KSNV Frances, Laurie, and Cathy will never hear their son's voices again, and so now they are the voice for the wrath of heroin — an epidemic they say is growing. The three have advice to other parents in the valley who are seeing their children be lost to … and more »

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Methadone Clinic to Open in Torrington – Litchfield County Times

Methadone Clinic to Open in Torrington Litchfield County Times Next year, people seeking treatment for heroin addiction will have another option as the Torrington Health and Recovery Center, operated by Hartford Dispensary, opens a methadone clinic in Torrington. The clinic's path from development and eventual …

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Judge Paul Batty deferred sentencing for six months – Daily Mail

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Judge Paul Batty deferred sentencing for six months Daily Mail In light of his efforts to overcome his long history of drug abuse, the judge deferred sentencing for six months. Musgrave's co-defendants John Thompson, 34, and Kirsty Davidson, 25, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and methadone, while …

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Question by Mr. X: Can you kick a heroin addiction on your own without withdrawals?
Can you kick a heroin addiction by using less and less until you’re doing like 1 hit per month?

I am not using heroin, and I never will.

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Deadly DUI driver gets 6.5 to 16 years in state prison – York Daily Record

Deadly DUI driver gets 6.5 to 16 years in state prison York Daily Record Zackery Baumgardner's ongoing heroin addiction, his intermittent attempts to resolve that problem and his history of driving citations were among the reasons a York County judge said he was sending him to state prison Tuesday. Baumgardner, 27, pleaded … and more »

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Question by Siraco&Sophie: My cousin is a drug addict and is on methadone treatments?
My cousin is a major drug addict and is trying to get off of heroine so they are giving her methadone treatments. My family was just told that my cousins money is running out now to still recieve her methadone injections and that if she doesnt get the money to still take her methadone treatments then she is going to die. I know nothing about drugs or understand any of it so if my cousin can not get the money to pay for her injections will she really die and why will this cause her too die? My mother is the one who told me this and dont know alot of information on all of this or why they say she could die from this so if someone knows any information on any of this please let me know. Im really worried about my cousin now so could this really be true? Could she really die?    Read more...

Question by TheseBlueEyesWillBreakYourHeart: How easy is it to obtain a prescription for Methadone?
I am not asking so that I can get some…
Someone dear to me has just passed away. He was a cocaine addict and experienced a lot of back pain. After he died I found out he had been taking Methadone for 3 days. He had more than 100 pills prescribed by his doctor. He basically just stopped breathing in his sleep and his heart failed. Why would his doctor prescribe him Methadone when a simple blood test would confirm he occasionally takes drugs? I thought patients on Methadone were monitored not handed hundreds of pills…

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Methadone could help cocaine addicts: study

Tom Spears
Canwest News Service
11.25.08

Methadone, adrugusedformanyyears to treat heroin addiction, also appears to work well against cocaine addiction, a new Canadian study suggests.    Read more...