Syringe Exchange Wins Praise
syringe exchange wins praise
Filed under: drug treatment news 2011
Genny Fulco, a syringe exchange coordinator, talks with an unidentified drug addict at a mobile needle exchange facility in 2008. According to a report released Friday, more than 2,100 people in the exchange program entered drug treatment in 2011 alone.
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Opiate consumption exceeds methamphetamine in Oregon
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A trend he says creates a circle of addiction and, in most cases, leads the abuser to heroin. In 2011, opiate users accounted for 33.38 percent of drug treatment admissions, exceeding the 27.9 percent admitted for methamphetamine. “If you would have …
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Woman battles exercise addiction for nearly 20 years
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David J. Linden, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins University medical school, told the New York Times in October 2011 that exercise addicts can also feel tolerance, cravings and withdrawal. There are three types of addiction – chemical, process and …
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