Deadly Drug on the Upswing Locally

Deadly drug on the upswing locally
Both injected and snorted, heroin's stigma has declined among its users as the drug has strengthened while becoming less expensive, typically $ 10 to $ 20 for a single dose, local authorities said. The drug draws addicts frustrated by new regulations on …
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A new kind of addict: Methadone clinics find new mission in fight against …
In Tennessee, methadone clinics now mainly treat prescription drug addicts. Heroin users account for only 4 percent of methadone clinic patients, according to a state survey, while a whopping 78 percent of patients are there for prescription drug …
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Try drug treatment, not prison
A sexual assault survivor, Strickland believes that most of his drug abuse was a form of self-medication. As a child, he was raped by a male relative who had been released from prison. He never told anyone about the assaults, and his counselors became …
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