SALOME Study: Heroin Addiction (5/7)

SALOME Study: Heroin Addiction (5/7) – SALOME study video part 5 talks about the NAOMI Study. The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) focused on people with chronic heroin addictio…

A Shaman, Coaxing Sobriety

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Its advocates call ibogaine a cure for heroin addiction, but it is banned in the United States. Mr. Mugianis began acquiring it through an underground network to treat other drug addicts. He has stopped including ibogaine in his treatments since being …
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Testimony closes in Bertram murder trial

Filed under: treatment for heroin addiction

He told the jury Tuesday he hoped to convince Jack-Lee, a 22-year-old addict, to leave the drug dealer she'd fallen in love with and come back to Wenatchee to seek rehabilitation. The rescue became a getaway after Bertram shot the dealer, 28-year-old …
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Part Two: Treatment, finding a new fix

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Young people addicted to pills or heroin have changed Gosnold, which is the only inpatient treatment center on the Cape and includes several outpatient counseling offices. About 60 percent of Gosnold's medical detoxification admissions are opiate …
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