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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment After abusing marijuana and prescription painkillers as a teenager, Marchese had turned to heroin for a cheaper high. Then one night in June 2010, a strung-out, 26-year-old Marchese went to the … as much heroin as they did before, and their newly … Read more on The-review Effort launched for new drug rehab unit The T-Center, an inpatient treatment facility posed to offer continued detox treatment for addicts in combination with traditional therapy, launched The Capitol Campaign to raise $ 10 million to build, furnish and operate the facility. "Southern West … Read more on Charleston Gazette Read more... ...

Vt. Addiction Treatment Celebrated at the Statehouse

Vt. addiction treatment celebrated at the Statehouse Amanda Fulmer is in recovery for her alcohol and drug addiction, but that is not what defines her. A bright, self-starting young woman, Fulmer helped organize the Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery or VAMHAR's 2014 Recovery … Read more on WCAX New center offers help for drug, 'process' addictions The Maryland Addiction Recovery Center recently opened in Towson to provide addicts new hope. "We treat everything from heroin addiction, OxyContin addictions, all opiate addictions, cocaine addictions, all the way through process addictions, such as … Read more on WBAL Baltimore Read more... ...

Outpatient Drug Rehab: Outpatient Treatment Centers: A Different Approach to Detox Treatment

What is outpatient detox? Often, when people are struggling with addiction, they check themselves into a inpatient facility only to find out that that kind of treatment option isn’t for them. Frustration often sets in and the person begins to think that they are beyond help. That simply is not true. As with any other medical condition, addictions are patient specific and cannot all be treated effectively with one treatment plan. To get the desired result, often it is necessary to explore different options to find the one that fits. Outpatient detox offers an alternative treatment path, an option that still allows people to work and live their daily lives without the stigma that comes with inpatient detox treatment. Read more... ...

Pediatricians Update Guidelines for Off-Label Drugs

Pediatricians Update Guidelines For Off-Label Drugs “Our goal is to provide children with the best care possible, and scientific evidence remains the best way to make treatment decisions,” said Kathleen Neville of Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. who chairs the American Academy of … Read more on Disability Scoop For heroin addicts, there's help and hope “Recovery is a lifelong commitment,” adds Miller, whose daughter, 27, has been clean and sober for three years. The death of Hoffman, 46, on Feb. 2 has drawn attention to treatment of drug and alcohol addiction (the actor relapsed after rehab) and also … Read more on Kansas.com Read more... ...

Question About Sobriety…

Question by J . T .: Question about sobriety… So my best friend started shooting heroin about 8 months ago. It was a shock to all of us, so he went to rehab, got out, started banging out again, then went back to rehab. He’s been clean ever since but has been going to the Methadone clinic every morning like clock work, he has my full support but we got in a fight the other day because I tried to tell him he was still a fiend. I mean he’s obviously addicted to Methadone and he said his milligram was really high, so he still gets faded like he was shooting dope. Read more... ...

Street Artist Unveils Philip Seymour Hoffman-Inspired Heroin Statue Near the

Street artist unveils Philip Seymour Hoffman-inspired heroin statue near the … LOS ANGELES — The death of Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman last month brought the dangers of heroin use onto the front pages. … He said the statue was intend to bring attention to the lack of understanding about drug abuse, not self-promotion. Read more on al.com (blog) Judge sets 0000 bail for Philip Seymour Hoffman's alleged drug dealer A New York judge set a $ 200,000 bond Friday for a musician arrested during investigation into actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. Robert Vineberg was … His lawyer said the 52-year-old has a 10-bag-a-day heroin addiction. But Vineberg maintained he … Read more on TIME Read more... ...

Heroin Addicts Who Want Help Face Insurance Denials

Heroin addicts who want help face insurance denials "A lot of these heroin users now have families, and the insurers aren't looking at them the same way as someone who's homeless or living in a drug house," said Robert Lebman, president of Huther Doyle, an addiction treatment center in Rochester, N.Y … Read more on USA TODAY Delco experts, families talk about heroin horrors Studies are finding that most heroin addicts started with other “gateway” drugs; 80 percent of heroin addicts began with an addiction to prescription opioids such as Vicodin, OxyContin or Percocet, according to Drug Free Pennsylvania, a non-profit … Read more on Delaware County Daily Times Read more... ...