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Having Seizures After Drinking Shots of ‘Gas Station Heroin’

STICK TO THE KIT KATS – Nov. 30, 2023 - The Nov. 21 warning tells consumers not to buy or ingest Neptune’s Fix, a brand of tiapentine that sells 10-milliliter bottles and pills and is sold in gas stations, smoke shop... Read More...

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What’s behind the rise in ‘fake heroin’?

DRUG LAWS? – Dec. 1, 2023 - The number of deaths relating to use of synthetic opioids like nitazene, fentanyl, and xylazine are on the rise — here’s what you need to know. Nitazene is a synthetic opioid similar to fe... Read More...

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Goalkeeper Reveals ‘taking the equivalent of six shots of heroin a day’

THE GOAL TO STAY CLEAN – Nov. 14, 2023 - The ex-England international, now 42, has since received support from wife Leeona, and 15-year-old daughter Lucy after admitting he was close to taking his own life. He... Read More...

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My Friend, the Heroin Addict

PHOTO ESSAY – Sept. 25, 2023 - Despite his heavy drug use and history of physical illness, he was able to survive on his body partly thanks to Denmark’s healthcare system, which provides several services... Read More...

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Governors Take Naloxone Training at State House

WITH JUDGMENT-FREE COMPASSION – Sept. 28, 2023 - “Overdose has touched so many Maryland families, including my own,” said Lt. Gov. Miller. “We need to create a seat at the table for everyone as we continue to ident... Read More...

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Unknown Drug 500 times More Powerful Than Heroin Circulating in France

SACREBLEU – Sept. 14, 2023 - This drug, which is very easy to hide in a glass, has arrived in France. It remains unknown or almost unknown, but we know that it is much more concentrated than opium. The public ... Read More...

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Naloxone Vending Machine Installed

HAVE A QUARTER? SAVE A LIFE – Sept. 10, 2023 - Approximately 300 naloxone nasal sprays, designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose involving substances like fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkil... Read More...

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Afghanistan Meth Trade Surges as Taliban Clamps Down on Heroin Trade

WHO’S IN CHARGE? – Sept. 9, 2023 -While heroin trafficking has slowed, the UNODC said in a statement, meth trafficking “has intensified since the ban”. Meth seizures in and around Afghanistan jumped 12-fold in the... Read More...

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Puppy Gets Narcan Administered

PUPPY SAVED! – Sept. 10, 2023 - The incident began with a “consensual” encounter between the couple and police on Wednesday outside a Walmart, department spokesman Kyle Oldoerp said. After officers discovered ... Read More...

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Fentanyl And Heroin Vaccines Set For Human Trials

LET’S PRAY THEY WORK – Sept. 7, 2023 - “We anticipate testing our vaccines in humans in early 2024,” Dr Jay Evans, study author and director of the University of Montana’s Center for Translational Medicine, sa... Read More...

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Aaron Neville Reveals How He Became Addicted to Heroin at 16

NO MORE BLUES – Aug. 30, 2023 - In this week’s issue of PEOPLE the 82-year-old New Orleans native shares an exclusive excerpt from his gripping book, out Sept 5, and reveals when and how his devastating heroin... Read More...

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Davina McCall Gets Candid About Heroin Habit

VIDEO – CLEAN and INSPIRING – Aug. 15, 2023 - She adds: “I phoned this woman who I knew was clean and it was if she was expecting my call. She goes ‘Oh hi Davina’. And i was like, ‘I was just wondering if you were ... Read More...

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Inside Teen Mom’s Rx Drug Addiction: Heroin, ‘Illegal Activities’ & More

SOBRIETY TAKES OVER – Aug. 14, 2023 - Leah opened up about her struggles with drug dependency during a November 2018 episode of her podcast “Life Reboot” and revealed the issue was sparked during her labor wit... Read More...

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Mother and Son Write Memoir on Addiction Journey

VIDEO – FAMILY 4TH STEP – Aug. 9, 2023 - Before There Was An After is a powerful and emotional memoir by a mother and son that recounts their seven-year journey through his heroin addiction and multiple attempts at... Read More...

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Former Heroin Addict Dives Into How He Overcame Deadly Habit

VIDEO – WORTH WATCHING – Aug. 10, 2023 - A former heroin addict has opened up about his struggles with addiction and how he got his life back on track. “What people don’t understand about the physical nature of ... Read More...

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Horrifying Amount of Americans Won’t Make it to Old Age

VERY SAD STORY – July 31, 2023 - On a white board at the end of the room, across from the sofas, the names of former clients who have died of overdoses in the past few years are listed. Though the town has a populati... Read More...

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Flesh-Rotting Tranq Infects Cocaine Supply

VIDEO – SCARY TIMES – July 31, 2023 - “We’ve seen an increase in street-level distribution of cocaine-xylazine mixture,” Frank Tarentino, the special agent in charge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s... Read More...

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How Bachelorette Zac Clark Got Addicted to Heroin

PRESCRIPTIONS RUN OUT – July 21, 2023 - As so often happens, Zac’s surgery to remove the tumor introduced him to strong painkillers (opiates), prescribed by his medical team. Tayshia Adams’ ex-fianacé said the... Read More...

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Khalil Rafati’s Journey from Homeless Heroin Addict to Millionaire

HE DID IT GOD’S WAY – July 13, 2023 - For his purpose in life, he chose to inspire others, and it’s like he says, “Most of my followers are not drug addicts. They’re just people who want a better life.” His re... Read More...

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The Age of Drug Normalization

IT’S ALL GOOD? – June 11, 2023 - In addition to crystal methamphetamine, Blanchard said she also used heroin and “lots of different things under the sun.” A trans woman, she said she began using drugs while engaging ... Read More...

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‘I yelled, “I’m putting this up your nose”’: what it’s like to use Narcan

JUST SAY YES – May 30, 2023 - Naloxone, better known by the brand name Narcan, reverses overdoses by binding to the opioid receptors in the brain, blocking the effects of drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. Harm reduct... Read More...

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Perspectives in a City Plagued with Overdose Deaths

THERE IS A SOLUTION? – May 30, 2023 - Joining MORI took Molinski out of the office, where she most often worked with patients, and into their lives. “My experience with patients in the past had been in an offi... Read More...

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Guns N’ Roses’ Steven Adler Was Kidnapped To Break Heroin Habit

BROTHERLY LOVE– May 25, 2023 - On March 22, 2007, Jamie orchestrated a kidnapping. He had his brother picked up, drugged to sleep and transported across state lines to Los Angeles, where Jamie imprisoned him against ... Read More...

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1-Year-Old Eats Heroin from Mommy’s Purse

ACCIDENTAL CHILD ABUSE? – May 9, 2023 - A mother is awaiting sentencing after authorities say her 1-year-old daughter ate heroin found in the Macomb County woman’s purse. Anita Vasquez, 32, pleaded no contes... Read More...

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Canadian Opens Shop Selling Coke, MDMA and Heroin

A WORTHY RADICAL IDEA! – May 10, 2023 - BC is a province with a population of around five million people, which, for context, is significantly less than London’s roughly nine million people. In BC, an average o... Read More...

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Fentanyl Strikes Again: Dead Kennedys Drummer D.H. Peligro Died From OD

PRINCE, TOM PETTY, MAC MILLER – MAY 2, 2023 - His bandmates first said they thought he died after accidentally falling and hitting his head, although, at the time, our law enforcement sources told us it was more myst... Read More...

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Poison Center Warns of ‘gas station heroin’

VIDEO – DON’T BUY FOOD AT A GAS STATION – April 20, 2023 - While it’s legal to buy and sell in Virginia, according to the CDC, the drug is used as an antidepressant and marketed to help with anxiety, among other thi... Read More...

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New Film’s Intimate Exploration of the Loneliness of Drug Addiction

VIDEO – HEROIN STARS AS THE VILLAIN – April 10, 2023 - The loneliness of addiction – and the toll it can take on an individual’s psyche and their relationships – is intimately explored in Paloma Sermon-Daï’s unassu... Read More...

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Remarkable Film of Life with Heroin-Addicted Mum

VIDEO – YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MUMMY – April 8, 2023 - This impressionistic British documentary collage, collectively made by Selby, co-director Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Alex Fry, Josie Cole and producer Natasha Dack Ojumu, e... Read More...

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When Steven Tyler Tried to Help Kurt Cobain Kick Heroin?

DENIAL CAN KILL – March 30, 2023 - As he watched Nirvana’s meteoric rise in the early ‘90s, Steven Tyler says he recognised the “pain” in Kurt Cobain’s eyes and later discovered that Nirvana’s frontman was usin... Read More...

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