Tag: heroin addiction
Heroin-related overdose deaths triple in 5 years, new report
Approximately 25 percent of all drug-related overdose fatalities in the U.S. involved heroin in 2015, a threefold increase from 2010, according to a government...
Heroin addiction increases among Caucasians in the US
Heroin use and heroin-related disorders have substantially surged since 2001, especially among whites and undereducated, low-income males, according to new findings published last week...
The changing perception of heroin and maintenance treatment drugs
A recent study explored the perceived dangers, symbolism and cultural framing surrounding opioid, heroin and maintenance treatment substances among licit and illicit drug users...
The faithful way out: from addicted drug dealer to reformed missionary
Before 12-year-old Kayden Carlos started sixth grade, he experimented with alcohol.
Shortly after, he smoked marijuana with friends at a concert and got his first...
A virtual ‘heroin cave’ to tempt and temper
It’s a virtual house party, a ‘heroin cave’ filled with triggers -- partygoers using and dealing drugs, a table peppered with syringes, pill bottles...
Detoxing from heroin
As heroin use continues to rise across many demographics, Americans are scrambling to find solutions to the epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease...
The shifting demographics of heroin abuse
There has been a marked shift in the demographics of heroin users over the past several decades, recent research showed. Heroin use has gone...
Tolerance and dependence: Heroin’s impact on the brain
More than 5 million people ages 12 and older reported using heroin in their lifetime, and 828,000 reported using it in the past year,...
Cravings for heroin persists in the brain nine days after death,...
A new study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna found that cravings endured by those who suffer from an opioid substance use disorder...
Patty Powers through addiction
Parts of this real life story are drug using-centric, and may not be suitable for newcomers.
West 23rd Street, New York City, 1978.
The Sex...
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