Addicted to Drugs on Staten Island
Across the country, one of the most significant social shifts of the 21st century has been the migration of drug use from centers of urban poverty to places that are suburban, white and middle- or marginally middle-class. … Jacqueline Fiore, the …
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Heroin addicts who want help face insurance denials
"A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house," said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester.
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Deprogramming China's Youth
'Web Junkie' Is a Harrowing Documentary on China's Internet Addiction Rehab Clinics. 'Web Junkie' takes us inside one of China's 400-plus prison-like rehabilitation centers that seek to deprogram teens that live mostly in virtual reality. WAKE UP …
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Heroin deaths throughout Western Pennsylvania put treatment centers on alert
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration in Pittsburgh set up a text-message hotline for people to report information about the heroin-fentanyl combo and overdoses. Anonymous messages to the DEA can be sent by texting to “Tip411,” or 847411.
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Babies born addicted growing problem across Western Pennsylvania
Nicole Ehredt of East Liberty was in methadone treatment when she delivered three of her four children, struggling to break a drug habit that started when she was 12. The youngest suffered tremors from addiction when he was born underweight two years …
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Canadian rehab center installs crack pipe vending machine
A drug treatment center in Vancouver, Canada has installed a crack pipe vending machine at its facility — going retail in an effort to reach hardcore addicts and keep them off the streets. The bright, polka-dotted machine dispenses crack pipes like …
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Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief
Phil Drewiske, 23, who embraced recovery in prison after five overdoses and a dozen failed treatment programs, said he bore some responsibility for introducing heroin to the town. The son of local … During that period, Ms. Hale was shuttling to …
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Heroin deaths, police seizures and addictions on the rise in Genesee County
And heroin-related admissions at publicly funded treatment centers in the county are at "epidemic" levels. In Genesee County and the state of Michigan, experts say, heroin is second only to alcohol in the number of addicts who report it as their drug …
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Skyrocketing heroin use in Central Oregon
“It's just a matter of time before somebody offers you the heroin or you know where you can get it,” said Barrett Hamilton, a recovery mentor at Best Care Treatment Centers in Redmond. “And even though you may have already said, 'I'll never do heroin …
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Atiyeh settles with Bethlehem over treatment center plans
Developer Abe Atiyeh and Bethlehem officials have reached an agreement that allows him to move forward with plans for a residential drug and alcohol treatment center in a former thread mill on 12th Avenue. Under the settlement, reached in mediation …
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