SALOME Study: Treatment of Heroin Addiction (1/2)
SALOME Study: Treatment of Heroin Addiction (1/2) – The SALOME Study will test whether hydromorphone (Dilaudid®), a licensed medication, is as good as diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient of heroin, in benefiting people suffering from heroin addiction who are not benefiting from other treatments. Part 1 looks at the specific costs of heroin addiction. There are costs to the health of heroin addicts, costs to the Health Care system, and costs to prosecute addicts who engage in illegal activities such as theft or prostitution to support their heroin addiction. Part 1 also discusses why people use heroin. The video looks at how the stigma of heroin addiction affects the mental health of those addicted. For more information about the SALOME Study, please visit: www.providencehealthcare.ca
Heroin Addiction: One Family's Misadventure
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Addiction. What thoughts and images does this word evoke? Sunken eyes, pallid complexion, grinding teeth, fingernails gnawed down to the quick? The bland uniformity of a hospital waiting room? Spoons, flames, lines, tinfoil, smoke, needles. Junkies on …
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Heroin taking oxy's place for more addicts
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The state's war on pill mills is making an impact, but there's a troubling byproduct: a surge in the number of people now hooked on heroin. With crackdowns focusing on siphoning off supply rather than treating addiction, people are finding that heroin …
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Heroin addict jailed for fighting police in Lebanon
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Erick Maltes, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possession of heroin and possession of marijuana. Judge Bradford Charles fined him $ 350. Charles said Maltes' "criminal background all relates to heroin addiction." "Were you …
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Turk Revisits Birdman's "Ruthless" Business; Compares Heroin Battle To Ray …
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Recently released from federal custody, a clean and sober Tab Virgil candidly chopped it up with HipHopDX about everything from his heroin addiction (shockingly admitting to aiding a fellow Hot Boy's habit) to his past, present and possible future with …
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