Hoffman's Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade
Hoffman's Heroin Points to Surge in Grim Trade
Drug Enforcement Agency. From 2010 to 2012, after several years of decline, heroin-related overdose deaths increased 84 percent in New York City to 382, according to the Health Department statistics. Staten Island, where prescription drug addiction has …
Read more on New York Times
Puerto Rico has One of the Highest HIV/AIDS Rates in the US
In 2007, Joseph Carroll Miranda helped start El Punto en la Montaña, a group that offers medical supplies and services to addicts who live in rural areas, out of the reach of government services. Operating on a shoestring budget of about $ 50,000 a year …
Read more on Fusion
Once an Addict Always an Addict?
Once an Addict Always an Addict?
"Can addiction be treated successfully? Yes. Addiction is a treatable disease. Discoveries in the science of addiction have led to advances in drug abuse treatment that help people stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives.
Read more on NJ.com (blog)
Heroin resurgence brings back forgotten drug
Heroin, suspected of killing actor Philip Seymour Hoffman this weekend, has for years been a forgotten drug, overtaken by abuse of prescription painkillers. Now it's back, and in a big way. Heroin-related deaths jumped 84 percent in New York City from …
Read more on Torrington Register Citizen
Planned Luxury Rehab for Red Hook Worries Locals
Planned luxury rehab for Red Hook worries locals
“We went through many years of seeing drug addicts on the street and we had a fight going on to clean this neighborhood up,” said Judy Reis, 51, at a Community Board 6 committee meeting on Wednesday night during a presentation by company founders …
Read more on New York Daily News
Jury hears closing arguments in trial of California cops accused of killing …
SANTA ANA, California — A defense attorney argued Tuesday that a violent, unpredictable homeless man was to blame for his treatment by two California police officers during an arrest that led to his death. "This case is not about a homeless, helpless …
Read more on al.com (blog)
How Much Does Cocaine Addiction Rehab Cost?
Question by Morgan: how much does cocaine addiction rehab cost?
I was just wondering how much a cocaine addiction rehab would cost for maybe like a 60 day program. In New York city, and the price like without insurance.
thanks! information would be great!
Best answer:
Answer by Andrew X
Morgan, Cocaine addiction can be very serious. Many everyday people have lost jobs, homes, family, friends, and loved ones because they could not tame thier cocaine habits. I suggest you seek some help. Here is a site that has addiction information and a directory of addiction treatment centers so you can help. http://www.addictionselfhelp.com
Janes Addiction – Ocean Size (Terminal 5 New York 12-29-12)
Janes Addiction – Ocean Size (Terminal 5 New York 12-29-12) — Janes Addiction perform at Terminal 5 New York City.
Kentucky's Response to Drug Epidemic Is Yielding Some Good News
Kentucky's response to drug epidemic is yielding some good news
Another program founded after the spike in prescription-drug abuse is Operation UNITE. The initiative, founded in 2003 by Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, covers 32 counties in Eastern and Southern Kentucky and includes money for drug treatment, …
Read more on Lexington Herald Leader
BUFO TOADS – A Killer Among Us!
Intravenous fluids, cool-water baths and anti-arrhythmic drugs are all used in the treatment of Bufo intoxication. The native Southern Toad (Bufo … Bellavia of Humanek9, Incorporated. Marni is manager of the Animal Assisted Therapy Program at the …
Read more on BellaDOG Magazine