“Bangor's Burden” Part 2: Addiction Treatment Controversy

Published February 21, 2014

“Bangor's Burden” Part 2: Addiction Treatment Controversy
Without replacement therapy, he thinks the city's addicted population would pursue more illicit drugs, like heroin, to avoid painful symptoms of withdrawal.”It allows you to kind of return to normal functioning in the community, same thing as if you … Read more on WABI

Competitive Consequences: Treatment for athletes with addictions
“If you use them too many days you develop tolerance and withdrawal symptoms where you try to stop and these are symptoms of drug addictions,” he says. “Pain patients' withdrawal from opiate use is like having the flu a hundred times over and addicts … Read more on nwitimes.com

Heroin Misconceptions and Truths
Alongside intense addiction coupled with severe withdrawal symptoms, irresponsible usage can lead to contractions of various infectious diseases, the most common being HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Arthritis is also commonly associated with … Read more on Guardian Liberty Voice