Heroin Addiction Archives

Becoming a 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 popular, straight-A student. I was a cheerleader, an equestrian, and a volleyball player. To the... Read More...

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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,” the 38-year-old Idaho Falls man says. “I was dead.” Exactly how long he was dead is unclear. To th... Read More...

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Dr. Explains what happens when a 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 heroin in India – this revelation was made by the Narcotics Control Bureau DDG (Operations) Sanja... Read More...

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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 are legal and easy to obtain. They are also socially acceptable. This can make it difficult for p... Read More...

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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 to heroin for more than 20 years before seeking treatment. Now he helps others as ... Read More...

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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 boyfriend died of a heroin overdose during one of their binges. “I moved back in with my mom and didn’t use heroi... Read More...

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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 since the 1960s, is close to vanishing from the streets of the nation’s capital. D.C.’s lates... Read More...

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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 school when he would experience going through withdrawal, but he pushed through. After high school, he began using he... Read More...

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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 that many performers have died of heroin overdoses. But we hear less about the ones who overcame their addi... Read More...

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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 hue and felt spongy, kind of like a zit ready to be popped. I was young and stupid, but something got through, ... Read More...

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Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own

OFF BRAND OFF HEROIN – Aug. 1, 2022 - The naloxone itself is the same as what Hikma already manufactures, but has its own National Drug Code designating it as a new product with the FDA. Remedy Alliance is the ... Read More...

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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, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...

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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 the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...

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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 consumer-driven industry, it’s less expensive and easily accessible and available. People who are selling it are... Read More...

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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 drug cartels and other international narcotics gangs that “operate seamlessly across borders and cooperate wi... Read More...

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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 amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs — the first in the nation to do... Read More...

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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 Assay tool. This machine serves as a next generation transcriptome-wide gene-level expression profiling tool, which allow... Read More...

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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 it robbed me of my inner ambition. “I managed to work, I managed around relat... Read More...

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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 with a river view and drove downtown in South Yonkers to meet my dealer. I know a letter carrier who once worked that ne... Read More...

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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 of her life. “It’s a doorbell ring you never want to get,” Miniard said. “Two Jacksonville detectives were st... Read More...

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Can a 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 fairly limited, especially compared with other forms of addiction medication. Researchers have ye... Read More...

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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 his son’s losing battle with heroin addiction. Dr. Abubaker believes that his son, Adam’s addiction beg... Read More...

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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 my life, I would change the killer of addiction, everywhere I can and anyway I can,” the professor of oral and maxillo... Read More...

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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) district have become ground zero in an opioid overdose crisis that is killing thousands of Califor... Read More...

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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 dad and grandmother until she was five years old, and then her dad moved to Arizona; she continued to... Read More...

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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 — 3 of whom died — at a homeless shelter in downtown Austin Texas, after ingesting crack-cocaine and methamphetamin... Read More...

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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 State Medical Association COVID-19 briefing. “We’ve been seeing it probably the la... Read More...

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Heroin Addiction

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

One Man’s Journey Through Opioid Addiction

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

6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome

A Story of Addiction and Recovery

‘I have escaped death so many times’

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

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

Does Isolation Feed Addiction?

The Day Heroin Tried to Steal My Arm

How Photographers Help Fight Addiction in Philly

Harm Reduction Gets a Naloxone of Its Own

Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

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

Inside the Mind of an Addict

Move Over, Heroin

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

Oregon’s Botched Treatment Plan

Positive Results for Addiction Relapse Prevention

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

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

Mother Knows Pain of Losing

Can a Monthly Injection Be the Key to Curbing Addiction?

Fighting the Stigma of Addiction

Did Doctors Kill His Son? Now Dad is Fighting Back

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

What Happens When You Lose Both Parents To Addiction

Mass Overdose Events Caused by Inadvertent Fentanyl Use

‘Gas Station Heroin’