At 21, Recovering Heroin Addict Starts Over

At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
When Lewis snorted his first line at age 18, he'd already used almost every imaginable drug: Marijuana. Cocaine. LSD. Ecstasy. Mushrooms. Pills. Heroin, though, was much more seductive. "It was just like someone had wrapped me in a blanket," he recalls …
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5 things to know about heroin use, getting help
Bellingham PeaceHealth requiring people with measles symptoms to wear masks … The number of past-year heroin users in the U.S. has risen from 373,000 in 2007 to 669,000 in 2012, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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Heroin spreads misery across the US
Cocaine, painkillers and tranquilizers are all used more than heroin, and the latest federal overdose statistics show that in 2010 the vast majority of drug overdose deaths involved pharmaceuticals, with heroin accounting for less than 10 percent. But …
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