Heroin Lexington

Published February 12, 2014

Heroin Lexington – Heroin claimed more lives than gun violence in Lexington Fayette Co. in 2012 and government officials are not taking the appropriate step to stop the spread …

Special Report: State spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is …

Filed under: heroin withdrawal

Most Vermonters who take “street bupe” aren't after a high, they are tired of chasing pills or heroin, and they are self-medicating with illegally obtained bupe because they can't get medical care. Waitlists for Suboxone treatment from private doctors …
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IMPD effort aims to put heroin overdose antidote into the hands of officers

Filed under: heroin withdrawal

Naloxone blocks those effects, quickly allowing the person to start breathing normally again and sending the person into withdrawal. Experts say the near-death experience and uncomfortable side effects may deter any encouragement to continue abusing …
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PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate "appears to have been preventable"

Filed under: heroin withdrawal

Sparks, 27, had been a daily heroin user and spent the last four days suffering withdrawal symptoms. In the middle of the night on April 12, 2012, a nurse at Louisville Metro Corrections thought Sparks was dehydrated and decided she needed to see a doctor.
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