Confessions of a Heroin Addict | Addicted

Confessions of a Heroin Addict | Addicted – Subscribe to Discovery Fit and Health! | www.youtube.com Aaron is a 22-year-old heroin addict whose life has been dominated by substance abuse since elementary school. By age 14, he was a routine drug user and by 18 he began injecting himself with heroin. He has not been truly sober since childhood. | For more Addicted, visit health.howstuffworks.com

Could 'miracle drug' be answer to fight heroin addiction?

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The appointment was with Dr. Richard DiMonte, an addiction-treatment specialist in Media. He uses a non-narcotic that has helped Kapulsky and hundreds of his patients reclaim their lives from prescription painkillers and heroin. It's called Vivitrol, a …
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Getting state of Minnesota to pay for methadone an "easy scam"

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And much of that methadone, he said, was paid for by the state of Minnesota. The 33-year-old was a drug addict who said he enrolled as a patient at the Lake Superior Treatment Center about six years ago and got state-funded health insurance to pay for it.
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Addict-housing program in need of its own recovery

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… Access to Recovery grants and are subject to certain standards like complying with housing codes and city regulations and ensuring residents are in licensed treatment programs, said Roland Lamb, the city's director of the Office of Addiction Services.
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Medical, social services working to help opiate-addicted women deliver healthy …

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“It's horrible,” she said, shivering at the memory. Experts say pregnancy can motivate addicts to seek help, but it also complicates treatment because of the stigma of drug use, grave health risks and the limitations of traditional, outpatient …
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