Heroin, Alcohol, and Cigarettes – Stanton Peele

Published June 27, 2013

Heroin, Alcohol, and Cigarettes – Stanton Peele – Even though addiction experts agree that cigarettes are the most difficult addiction to quit, more than half of all addicted smokers quit them. About three q…

Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout NJ; skyrocket in Ocean County

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In Ocean County, she said, "(heroin) is easier to get than alcohol, it's easier to get than marijuana." But it's not just Ocean County. Officials say heroin use is increasing across the state. Cape May County's 2013 fatal overdose total is about to …
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New UN Drug Report Underscores Central Asia's Addiction

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On the way, they wreck havoc, as increasing numbers of Central Asians succumb to heroin addiction and HIV. What's being done? The striking chart to the right shows how, over the past ten years, interdiction in the region has actually fallen, especially …
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