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Heroin, Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths on the Rise

Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths on the rise
While the problems of celebrity and metropolitan area drug problems often gain headlines, Blair County Coroner Patricia Ross this week released more than 200 reports of deaths her staff investigated last year, and they show that drug abuse locally …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Brings Attention to Drug Addiction – Washington Post (Blog)

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death brings attention to drug addiction – Washington Post (blog)


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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death brings attention to drug addiction
Washington Post (blog)
Peter Shumlin, whose State of the State address in January focused only on drug addiction, said treatment for all opiate addiction… Continue reading

Macklemore Gets Candid About Drug Addiction That Almost Ruined Music Career

Macklemore Gets Candid About Drug Addiction That Almost Ruined Music Career
In a new special for mtvU's "Half of Us" campaign, the Seattle rapper gets candid about an addiction that almost ruined his music career. "[When] I actually drank for the first time, I was by myself," Macklemore reveals, mapping… Continue reading

MP Opens Up About Her Drug Addiction – Marlborough Express

MP opens up about her drug addiction – Marlborough Express


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MP opens up about her drug addiction
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Labour MP Darien Fenton says she hopes her decision to talk about her addiction will give others courage to confront their struggles. In an opinion piece in today's Herald… Continue reading

Needle Exchanges Help Fight Disease

Needle exchanges help fight disease
We also know, as cited in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, that providing sterilized equipment to injection-drug users substantially reduces the risk of HIV infection, increases the probability that they will initiate drug treatment and does not …
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Lawyer's Manslaughter Trial Highlights Addiction

Lawyer's manslaughter trial highlights addiction
Jackson's trial for manslaughter in the 2013 death began Friday in a nearly empty second-floor courtroom of the John Sopinka Courthouse. The story of Cieslik's death — and Jackson's alleged role … According to Flynn, at least one of Cieslik's …
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Celebrities and Heroin Addiction: How It Happens

Celebrities and Heroin Addiction: How It Happens
hydroxyzine, which can be used to treat anxiety; and methocarbamol, a muscle relaxer. The drugs fit into a larger pattern both drug addiction experts described as a possible path toward addiction: using prescription drugs that lead to heroin use …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's Funeral Attracts Hollywood Stars

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Funeral Attracts Hollywood Stars
Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about past struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, the versatile actor reportedly checked himself into rehab for 10 days last year after relapsing in 2012. Amid an investigation into Hoffman's death …
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Russell Brand: Hoffman Death Due to ‘stupid’ Drug Laws

Russell Brand: Hoffman death due to ‘stupid’ drug laws
The British actor/comedian Russell Brand, a recovering drug addict, says today that Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was “inevitable” and due to “stupid” drug laws … support criminalizing drug addiction do so deliberately.
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PLEASE, SHOW ME HOW DUMB YOU ARE. Please.?

Question by John Talarico: PLEASE, SHOW ME HOW DUMB YOU ARE. please.?
So what drives me crazy is how in this modern age with computers, and vast quantities of knowledge at your fingertips, people can be so close minded and plain stupid about so many things, such as… Continue reading