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The Challenging Cycle of Painkiller Abuse
Opioids now cause more deaths than any other drug, more than 16,000 in 2010. That year, the combination of hydrocodone and acetaminophen became the most prescribed medication in the United States....
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As Vermont Tackles Heroin Addiction, Progress Is Measured in Baby Steps
It was a long way down for Michael Kenney. As he neared the depths of heroin addiction, he stole prescription painkillers from his dying father, replacing them with Tylenol and leaving his father...
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A Brief History Of Heroin
The seductive allure of heroin — the drug that has vanquished so many creative minds — is back. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of heroin-related...
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This Video Humanizes Our Heroin Epidemic
Summer Myers died in January at the age of 26. She was a heroin addict. Now, Jackie Smallwood, Myers’ mother, wants you to hear her daughter’s story, the Alaska Dispatch News reports. In a graphic...
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A Heartbreaking Obituary for a Daughter & Heroin Addict
After losing his daughter to a heroin overdose, a grieving dad penned an honest obituary for his child—and it’s going viral. Tom Parks says he wanted to highlight the dangers of drug addiction, “Even...
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Police in Mass. Are Ending Their War on Drugs
This entire time, our local police departments have quietly held the power to end the war on drugs — and now some are doing just that. Sick of the opioid overdose crisis that has killed four people in...
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The Future is Unwritten
In the late 1970s, The Clash was the most exciting rock’n’roll band in the world. There was years of non-stop playing, partying and drug-taking. In 1982, The Clash had a huge international success with...
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Young, Educated and Addicted
Hollywood and much of the Western world was shocked by the sudden passing of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in February of 2014. Reports rapidly circulated that Hoffman, 46, was found dead from an...
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Addiction Is Preventable
It’s a subject we find hard to talk about, even though it kills more people in America than guns or cars and claims more lives than murder or suicide. I’m talking about drug overdoses, taking close to...
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James Taylor’s Recovery from Heroin Addiction
At 67, James Taylor is amazed to be alive. He was a train wreck even before he was famous. He was a heroin addict and a psychiatric patient in his teens, and his narcotic dependency fueled the...
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Facing the Pain, Blame & Addiction of Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse, the hard-living retro soul star turned tabloid obsession died in 2011 after a very public battle with addiction. The British musician memorably sang about her refusal to go to rehab, but...
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3 Charts Showing How Bad Our Heroin Problem Has Become
Heroin use is on the rise in the United States. Deaths involving heroin have quadrupled since 2000. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that heroin use is “increasing...
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Hype, Heroin & Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s bristling, ugly-elegant, stream-of-consciousness art still looks damn good. The body of work, produced during a truncated but astoundingly prolific career, has the almost too...
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Transcending Addiction with Billie Holiday
You can’t have a complete conversation about Billie Holiday’s life without discussing her relationship with drugs. Her struggle with addiction and the impact it had on her life is a big part of her...
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Anatomy of Opioid Addiction
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support Opioids have been around a long time. The first recorded reference to opioid use is from 5,000 years ago. It’s a picture of the opium poppy and the words “the joy...
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Video: Opioid Addiction and Treatment
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support The fourth and last video in this series on opioids focuses on opioid addiction and treatment. First, there is a distinction to be made between dependence and...
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Why Is Addiction Still on the Rise?
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support The number drug overdoses have been dangerously increasing. In 2008, drug overdoses became the number one cause of accidental death in the U.S. In 2014, drug...
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Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support Heroin has had an tragic impact in America. In this TED Talk, Crystal Oertle tells her addiction story as she went from rock bottom to completely sober. After 12...
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Suboxone: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support Recently, the Obama administration has made it easier for people with opioid addictions to receive treatment. Suboxone, a brand of buprenorphine, is considered a...
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William Burroughs on Heroin Addiction
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support El Hombre Invisible, the Cosmonaut of Inner Space, Bill Lee, William S. Burroughs; the gaunt faced author of Naked Lunch & Junky, talks about his addiction to...
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