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 Drug war focuses on painkiller abuse
WASHINGTON - After years in which marijuana, cocaine and heroin were by far the main ...
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Front line in the fight against heroin addiction
SEABROOK - Paramedic Kevin Janvrin has found them parked in cars outside local stores, in ...
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Escaping the clutches of heroin addiction
SOMERSWORTH - Terri Provencher, a 39-year-old mother and recovering heroin addict from Seabrook, has tried ...
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Heroin and Methadone deaths must be addressed
As the number of deaths mount, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the problem of ...
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100 Deaths related to Buprenorphine
According to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (UN/INCB), worldwide usage and availability of ...
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Methadone Treatment Investigated
Following the death of a 24-year-old University of Montevallo student from methadone, Alabama authorities have ...
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Methadone Overdose, Deaths on Rise in U.S.
Throughout the United States, overdoses and deaths from methadone, a drug used to relieve chronic ...
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Detox Death by Naltrexone
George O'Neil, the founder of Australia's first Naltrexone clinic, has become embroiled in yet another ...
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Heroin
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| According to the National Household Survey for 1994, 2.2 million Americans have tried heroin; 191,000 had used it in the previous 30 days. |
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| Over 80% of heroin users inject with a partner. 80% of overdose victims discovered by paramedics are found alone. |
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| The individual who has become physically as well as psychologically dependent on heroin will experience heroin addiction withdrawal with an abrupt discontinuation of use or even a decrease in their daily amount of heroin taken. |
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| In addition to the effects of the drug itself, street heroin may have additives that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches |
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Oxycontin Effects
OxyContin is a central nervous system depressant that relieves pain and induces sleep. It produces a dreamlike state of warmth and well-being. It may also cause constricted pupils, nausea, and respiratory depression, which in its extremes can result in death.
OxyContin activates brain regions that produce euphoric sensations and brain regions that produce physical dependence. Its notorious for the ability to produce both psychological and physical addiction. Its addictiveness is characterized by persistent craving for the drug, tolerance (the need for larger and larger doses to get the same results), and painful and dangerous withdrawal.
Once Oxycontin enters the body; it works by stimulating certain opioid receptors that are located throughout the central nervous system, in the brain and along the spinal cord. When Oxycodone binds to the opioid receptor a variety of physiologic responses can occur, ranging from pain relief, slowed breathing, and euphoria. Since OxyContin is simular to heroin its effects are simular.
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