Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
He went through detoxification at Johns Hopkins and later checked into Hope House, a nonprofit inpatient and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center located in Crownsville. “I had to put everything in storage, shut my phone off and I just went …
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Kaufman: Mental health, drug abuse cuts are hurting community
Thus, 19.3 million persons needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem but did not receive treatment at a specialty facility in the past year. {2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health}. In 2011, there were an estimated 45.6 million …
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The long road to recovery: Expert weighs in on why heroin addiction is so …
Matt went to rehab facilities many times, including the Recovery Center at the Penn Foundation in Sellersville. He also bought himself Suboxone, which is a formulation of two drugs: one that prevents a person from getting … Most people would shrink …
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Question by Me: Need advice step son is coming to live with my husband and i after being in rehab for heroin addiction….?
My husband and i have been married for about 6 years he has a 13 year old son from a previous relationship. Well his son is coming to live with us he just got out of Rehab for Heroin addiction and his mom wants nothing to do with him at all. Well hubby and i have three son’s of our own 2.4,6 and so as you can imagine i am concerned for there safty and well being but at the same time i also believe in Redemption so to speak everyone makes mistakes and i understand that so i am trying not to hold any preconceived notions about the kid but at the same time never had to really be a step parent to this kid and everything. I mean honestly i am more worried about him relapsing into it because he got into it to begin with because his gf was into it heavily and then she introduced him to it and then she died because of in OD so he got into it heavily trying to block out his pain and everything. Sorry for blabbing i just don’t know what to do with the kid hubby thinks there isn’t a threat and that he will be fine and that we just need to love on him but at the same time i don’t want him here =/. Advice?

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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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'The Perfect Marriage' tackles prescription drug abuse
Roby created the characters in "The Perfect Marriage" to prove a point about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and to clear up misconceptions about typical addicts. In the book, the drug-dependent couple Denise and Derrek Shaw are an …
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OUR OPINION: 3 ways officials are compassionately combating drug abuse
Police said it will help reduce the on-the-street availability of highly addictive drugs – specifically opiates, the abuse of which often leads to heroin addiction. “Our traditional efforts have been geared toward education and enforcement,” Tavares said.
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Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on Earth, and it’s the fastest acting and most widely abused of all the opiates. Heroin is refined from morphine, which is extracted from the seed pods of some poppy plants. Heroin bought on the street is sold either as a white or brown powder, or as “black tar heroin”. The heroin of today is much more pure than it was just a few years ago, but most that’s readily available is cut with other things like quinine, powdered milk, or cornstarch. This is one of the things that makes heroin addiction so dangerous- the user doesn’t know exactly how much of the drug they are getting, so there’s always a chance of overdose. Also, heroin users that share needles are at risk for transmitting HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases.

People abuse heroin in three ways- smoking, snorting, and injection. A heroin addict may use up to four times a day. Injection into a vein provides a strong rush within ten seconds, and when it is snorted or smoked it will be about ten minutes for the effects to set in. While it may take longer to get the “rush” from smoking or snorting heroin, all three forms of ingestion are dangerous and addictive. Injection is the method of choice among those with a heroin addiction, but the pattern is gradually shifting toward more smoking and snorting. This shift brings along with it a change in the groups of people who abuse the drug- those who are over 30 are one of the largest segments of the population with a heroin problem.

As we said, heroin is very addictive, and it doesn’t take that much regular use for a person to develop an addiction. As the person uses more and more, they build up a tolerance and they must use more and more to get the same effect. Heroin addiction develops as the body adapts to the drug, and if use is stopped suddenly, withdrawal symptoms set in quickly (as soon as a few hours after the last hit). Withdrawals are painful and symptoms can include muscle pain, insomnia, cold flashes, nausea and vomiting, and restlessness. Thankfully, the worst of the withdrawal symptoms will usually pass within 48 hours, and they’ll be almost totally gone after a week. While they are never fatal to the otherwise healthy heroin addict, but if they are experienced by a pregnant woman, they can kill the fetus.

The treatment of a heroin addiction must always be medically supervised. Doctors have the training necessary to manage the debilitating withdrawal symptoms, but detoxification alone is not enough to prevent the addict from relapsing. Along with treatment, medicines like methadone or buprenorphine are used to wean the heroin addict off the drug. Currently, buprenorphine is more widely used because methadone itself can become addictive. In order to administer either drug, your chosen rehab program must be certified. If you are dealing with heroin addiction, don’t try to quit on your own, start with a visit to your doctor, who will refer you to an appropriate rehab program.

Drug Enforcement Agnecy (DEA) – http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/index.htm
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) – http://www.samhsa.gov/
National Institue of Health (NIH) – http://www.nih.gov/