More inmates going through heroin withdrawal behind bars

More inmates going through heroin withdrawal behind bars – The growing heroin problem in the La Crosse area is leading to more and more addicts winding up in jail, and going through withdrawal.

Local agency to open clinic to help heroin addicts
News10NBC spoke to a recovering heroin addict who describes what withdrawal would be like without the Suboxone. News10NBC has concealed his identity. “It starts off pretty light, you are really sore like you have a bad flu. You feel achy through your …
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Growing heroin problem seen in courts, treatment centers
L.E. Phillips Libertas Treatment Center counselor Jennifer Coyne said the number of patients addicted to heroin has also increased over the past five years. She said the center treats withdrawal symptoms in many ways. “We do see people who have really …
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Former Marco client says his getting clean has 'made Manitowoc safer'
His heroin addiction began as a dependence on painkillers after shoulder surgery, and “as I got cut off from painkillers from the doctors, I turned to heroin.” Ackley was on probation when he was caught using again, he said. As an alternative to having …
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The day I realised I was an internet addict
Brain scans of excessive web users have already found changes similar to those of cocaine and heroin addicts. Given that 1.6 million Irish people now own smartphones, and 63pc of the population uses social networking … Now it's everywhere. "With …
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