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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death: The Face of Heroin Abuse Is Changing – Fox News

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death: The face of heroin abuse is changing – Fox News

Philip Seymour Hoffman's death: The face of heroin abuse is changing
Fox News
With the help of Phoenix House, a 12-step program, and Suboxone – a combined opiate agonist and antagonist that has been found to be more effective than methadone – he is finding the strength to overcome his addiction. He also has an 8-month-old 

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Heroin’s Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit – East Idaho News

Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
East Idaho News
Heroin is also highly addictive, luring almost a quarter of those who use it into dependence, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Medications like methadone and buprenorphine, which activate the same brain receptors as heroin, can help 

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Heroin’s Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit – East Idaho News

Heroin’s Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit – East Idaho News

Heroin's Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit
East Idaho News
Heroin is also highly addictive, luring almost a quarter of those who use it into dependence, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Medications like methadone and buprenorphine, which activate the same brain receptors as heroin, can help 

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Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH – Patch.com

Heroin Deaths Nearly Double in NH
Patch.com
Fallon said there were two broad categories of users who had died in the last year, those who are taking the drug for recreational purposes and those who start out taking prescription drugs or other narcotics and β€œend up needing more.” The latter, she

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Data shows prescription drug abuse problem – Norman Transcript

Boy, 2, Dies After His Mother ‘Accidentally Serves Him Methadone That She Had … – Daily Mail

Boy, 2, dies after his mother ‘accidentally serves him methadone that she had … – Daily Mail


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Boy, 2, dies after his mother 'accidentally serves him methadone that she had
Daily Mail
Methadone is a pain reliever that can also be used to help recovering addicts through withdrawal symptoms and its side effects can mimic heroine. Police believe she obtained the drug legally but they have not said why it was in liquid form or stored in
Toddler Dies after Methadone Overdose, Mother ArrestedKUTV 2News
Utah toddler dies after mom gives him liquid methadone she'd stored in New York Daily News
Toddler dies due to methadone overdoseUPI.com (blog)
Opposing Views –Daily Herald
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Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise – Altoona Mirror

Heroin, Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths on the Rise

Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise
Within the past month, the apparent heroin overdose death of a popular actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and the alleged demise of 22 western Pennsylvania residents from fentanyl-laced heroin in the Pittsburgh area, have focused the public's attention…
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‘It’S a Miracle I Survived’ – New Zealand Herald

‘It’s a miracle I survived’ – New Zealand Herald

'It's a miracle I survived'
New Zealand Herald
When I returned home I sought help with my drug addiction with a methadone programme. This New Zealand health-funded programme saved my life and I pay tribute to the nurses, doctors and counsellors who were part of it. Professional and public health 

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Opiates claim Kiwi lives – New Zealand Herald

Opiates claim Kiwi lives
New Zealand Herald
Drug Foundation chief executive Ross Bell said users of the opioides heroin, methadone, morphine and codeine had the highest rates of overdose of any drug in New Zealand. Read more: Darien Fenton: 'It's a miracle I survived'. – NZ Herald. Read more by 

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Lawyer’s manslaughter trial highlights addiction – Mississauga

Help Available to Addicts Seeking Recovery, Though Space Sometimes Limited in … – GazetteNET

Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in … – GazetteNET

Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in
GazetteNET
The hospital has a 30-bed detoxification unit for addicts as well as outpatient services, from daily counseling and aftercare planning to methadone detoxification, to help recovering addicts avoid using. Anyone who has a substance abuse problem or who 

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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment – 89.3 KPCC


89.3 KPCC

Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
89.3 KPCC
Some of the new benefits offered through D-M-C include inpatient detox; residential treatment, methadone maintenance, and outpatient counseling. TT: Is there a limit to how much care a person can get in the Drug Medi-Cal program? SO: The way it works

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