More heroin addicts seeking treatment

More heroin addicts seeking treatment – Drug Policy Alliance report says overdose fatalities are increasing as well

Heroin-tinged hair treatment is intercepted at JFK

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Customs inspectors at John F. Kennedy International Airport seized more than 8 pounds of a mixture of hair treatment and heroin from a woman arriving from Bogota, Colombia, on July 25, federal officials announced today. Emilce Cardona was charged with …
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Russell Brand: methadone is a bad way to treat heroin addicts

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The 37-year-old comedian was hooked on heroin during his 20s, eventually becoming clean through an abstinence-based recovery programme in 2002. But, in a BBC3 documentary to be aired on Thursday, he admits that he still struggles with his drugs …
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