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Tag Archives: heroin
New Report Shows More People Start on Heroin after Prescription Drugs
It’s been obvious for the last few years that plenty of people were getting addicted to prescription opiates first and then migrating to heroin because it was cheaper and more accessible. A new report makes it clear that far more … Continue reading
Where Did All this Heroin Come From?
Once upon a time, not so long ago, it was inconceivable that the average American would be addicted to heroin. It was only something that maybe people out on the fringes of society would do. Maybe bikers or jazz musicians … Continue reading
Posted in Heroin Addiction
Tagged addiction, Drug Prevention, heroin, prescription drugs
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Is the Next US Drug Trend Going to be Heroin?
The Washington Post just published an article that could be predicting a terrifying trend. According to an April 6th article, Mexican farmers are pulling out their marijuana crops and planting heroin poppies instead. So cheap heroin (far cheaper than prescription … Continue reading
What if we didn’t focus on the heroin epidemic or marijuana but just raised drug-free kids?
I’m watching the headlines these days and there’s so much about this drug or that – Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death triggered plenty of media coverage on the increase in heroin abuse. Zohydro is in the news as a future opiate … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Prevention, drug-free, education, heroin, marijuana, parents, teens
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The Sad State of Many Heroin Addicts
When the unaddicted public thinks of heroin addicts, I suspect that they think of someone strung out due to withdrawal sickness, the way Frank Sinatra was in the movie Man with a Golden Arm. Or if they know something about … Continue reading
5 Reasons Prescription Addiction Turns to Heroin
With recent news and national surveys indicating that more and more prescription addicts are turning to heroin, we decided to investigate the 5 main reasons why this is happening. Here is what we found: Heroin Is a Prescription Drug Heroin … Continue reading
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Why it’s Not Surprising that Heroin Use Soars for Suburban Teens
Recent news reports are describing the increases in heroin abuse among American teenagers. These are not urban teens but suburban ones. Heroin rates in large Northeastern cities have always been higher than in suburbs or rural areas but that trend … Continue reading
Better Solution Needed to Addiction when Abuse of Opioid Drugs Hits All Time High
It’s one thing to talk about the problem and completely another to define the solution. Many voices are in agreement that abuse of opioid drugs has hit an all-time high. But few voices define a solution that will have a … Continue reading
Litany of Heroin Deaths in Alabama Illustrates Fatal Dangers of Addiction
The shift from OxyContin to heroin and people trying to get high after getting clean are some of the reasons for the upsurge in deaths in Alabama. In May 2012, the Birmingham News provided some grim insight into the fatal … Continue reading
In Some Regions of US, Heroin Abuse Worse, First Time Users Younger
It was bad enough that millions of US teens were abusing prescription drugs in increasing numbers over the last decade. Now, many of them are switching to heroin at a very young age, younger than ever seen before. While this … Continue reading
