Heroin Addiction

Becoming Mom Helped Me Quit My Life Long Addiction to Heroin.

PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES –  Oct. 25, 2022 - I came from an upper-middle-class family. I excelled in school as a…

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One Man’s Journey Through Opioid Addiction

IT’S THE HERO’S JOURNEY! –    Oct. 14, 2022 - “I overdosed on drugs. I took heroin laced with fentanyl,”…

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Dr. Explains what happens when person uses cocaine or heroin for the first time

THEY GAMBLE BIG –    Oct. 9, 2022  - Around 100 million people consume illicit drugs such as cocaine or…

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6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome

NOT TO MENTION DENIAL –  Oct. 2022 - Prescription drugs can be very challenging to overcome. This is because they…

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A Story of Addiction and Recovery

NPR AUDIO – INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS ARE RARE –    Oct. 6, 2022 - Southern Illinois native Shane Hassler battled addiction…

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‘I have escaped death so many times’

HAVEN’T MOST OF US? –    Sept. 28, 2022 - There was the time, a few years later, when her…

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Heroin Overdoses Down in D.C. The Sad Reason? Fentanyl.

THE CAPITAL OF DEATH –    Sept. 8, 2022 - Now heroin, synonymous with illicit drug use in Mid-Atlantic cities…

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Influencer ‘Cass and the City’ gets candid about importance of addiction awareness

VIDEO – TALKING IS DA SOLUTION –  Sept. 8, 2022 - He says he knew something was wrong in high…

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Does Isolation Feed Addiction?

IT CAN’T HELP –  Aug. 31, 2022 - But what if you’re addicted to something rough, like heroin? It’s true…

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The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm

THERE IS STILL ANOTHER ONE –    May 2019 - The skin covering the abscess had taken on a yellow…

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How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly

VIDEO – STARING IN THE FACE OF HOPELESSNESS –    Aug. 16, 2022 -  “It just doesn’t feel comfortable for…

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Harm Reduction Gets Naloxone of Its Own

OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN –  Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures,…

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Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

NOW YOU KNOW NOW –  Aug. 10, 2022 - We found that for most substances evaluated, the performance of these…

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DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI –  July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine,…

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Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

SWALLOWING DEATH? –  July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at…

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Inside the Mind of an Addict

VERY BUSY –  July 4, 2022 - The concept of self-reinforcement shows how the first experience with drugs, sex, cigarettes…

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Move Over, Heroin

A GRAVE DESTINATION –  July 6, 2022 - But he said people prefer fentanyl to heroin because it is a…

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White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE –   June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican…

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Oregon’s Botched Treatment Plan

FOLLOW THE MONEY –   June 2, 2022 - Oregonians passed Ballot Measure 110 in 2020 decriminalizing possession of personal…

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Positive Results for Addiction Relapse Prevention

SCIENCE MAY ONE DAY DO SO –   June 2, 2022 - Gene Analysis was performed by the Clariom S…

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Waterloo Road Star Opens Up On Secret 20-Year Heroin Addiction

TALK IS NOT CHEAP –  May 15, 2022 - Mylan continued: “My personal relationships suffered, my work relationships suffered and…

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As An Ex-Heroin Addict, Getting Clean Is Near Impossible

NEAR, NOT NOT IMPOSSIBLE –  May 27, 2022 - Every day for a couple of years I left my house…

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Mother Knows Pain of Losing

VIDEO – MOURN THE MOURNING –   May 11, 2022 - She remembered the night she received the worst news…

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Can Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction?

IS IT COVERED BY INSURANCE? –  May 6, 2022 - Yet despite its promise, the use of injectable buprenorphine remains…

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Fighting the Stigma of Addiction

VIDEO ONLY – SMASH STIGMA, SAVE LIVES –   April 27, 2022 -  Dr. Omar Abubaker shares the story of…

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Did Doctors Kill His Son? Now Dad is Fighting Back

VIDEO – ADDICTING YOUTH FOR PROFIT and LOSS –   April 27, 2022 - “I promised for the rest of…

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Battle To Keep People Alive as Fentanyl Ravages SF’s Tenderloin

STOPS YOUR HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO –  April 23, 2022 - This neighborhood and the adjoining South of Market (SoMa)…

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What Happens When You Lose Both Parents To Addiction

PAIN & GRIEF –  April 16, 2022 - Her dad’s addiction “spiraled” after her mom’s death. She lived with her…

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Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use

TIME TO QUIT? –  April 7, 2022 - Less than a week earlier, on March 4, 21 individuals overdosed —…

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‘Gas Station Heroin’

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED –  March 25, 2022 - And it’s legal in Mississippi. Officials discussed the drug at Friday’s Mississippi…

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