Heroin Fix Starts in Doc's Office

Heroin Fix Starts In Doc's Office
Targeting a heroin epidemic, a high-powered group assembled in New Haven sent a message to doctors: Stop helping patients get hooked on prescription drugs. U.S. Sens. Dick Blumenthal and Chris Murphy convened the group Thursday morning at the Cornell …
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Risks Of Popular Anxiety Drugs Often Overshadowed
Heroin, cocaine and a widely prescribed class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, or benzos, were found in his system. The drugs first … She says her detox for benzos was far more difficult than it was for the opioid painkillers she was also abusing …
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Heroin use on the rise, according to police
After removing cases believed to be overdoses on physician prescribed medications, which were considered accidental, there were 19 overdose cases in 2013. Th ere … In 2013 there were 46 admissions for detox for a variety of substances, not just heroin.
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Panel discusses addiction, opiate abuse, and hope in Sharon
Her drug addiction alienated her from her family, landed her in prison in Framingham twice and in detox programs multiple times. O'Neil was part of an open forum held on Apr. 8 as part of Sharon's Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse Awareness Initiative …
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