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 Drug war focuses on painkiller abuse
WASHINGTON - After years in which marijuana, cocaine and heroin were by far the main ...
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Front line in the fight against heroin addiction
SEABROOK - Paramedic Kevin Janvrin has found them parked in cars outside local stores, in ...
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Escaping the clutches of heroin addiction
SOMERSWORTH - Terri Provencher, a 39-year-old mother and recovering heroin addict from Seabrook, has tried ...
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Heroin and Methadone deaths must be addressed
As the number of deaths mount, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the problem of ...
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100 Deaths related to Buprenorphine
According to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (UN/INCB), worldwide usage and availability of ...
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Methadone Treatment Investigated
Following the death of a 24-year-old University of Montevallo student from methadone, Alabama authorities have ...
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Methadone Overdose, Deaths on Rise in U.S.
Throughout the United States, overdoses and deaths from methadone, a drug used to relieve chronic ...
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Detox Death by Naltrexone
George O'Neil, the founder of Australia's first Naltrexone clinic, has become embroiled in yet another ...
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Heroin
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| Heroin Overdose has been written on more death certificates than there are fatalities due to traffic accidents each year. |
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| Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. |
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| Long-term use of heroin causes tolerance to develop so that in order to achieve the same degree of euphoria, larger and larger doses must be taken. When people have been off heroin for some time their tolerance decreases and a common cause of death result |
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| In addition to the effects of the drug itself, street heroin may have additives that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches |
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