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Heroin Track Marks Are the Scars of War in Afghanistan
Drug users depend on each other for survival, and meeting in public places to use drugs creates alternative families and community. Scars of War … Add that to the facts that more than 20 million Afghans live in poverty, the unemployment rate is 35 … Read more on RAWA News

Heroin use on the rise in New Hampshire
Andrew said the rise in heroin overdoses also suggests a demographic shift toward younger, more recreational users who may be less willing to seek or submit to treatment. “With methadone and oxycodone deaths, you're talking about an older population, … Read more on Concord Monitor

To ease pain of lost son, family builds his dream
3, 2011 at age 23 from a methadone overdose. His experimentation with … A Twin Cities drug abuse trend report, published in June 2013, found 20 percent of people entering treatment have a problem with prescription drugs, and 40 percent of that group … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Cardiff drug dealer's 'kindness' led to hostel drug death, court hears
A post mortem revealed the cause of death to be methadone toxicity, said prosecutor Gareth James. … “He is a pathetic and timid man who has also been receiving treatment for depression since the age of 16 but who had found some stability at that home.”. Read more on WalesOnline    Read more...

Mum learnt of son's death from Facebook
Dawn Mayes' son Wesley McArthur died in Hayle in April of what she said was a suspected methadone overdose, although she maintained he would not take drugs. The 24-year-old father of … "We have kept the family up to date," he said. "There may have … Read more on This is Cornwall

Prescott, Wis., man charged in wife's death from methadone
+ add a comment add a comment. A 61-year-old Prescott, Wis., man was charged with first-degree reckless homicide after his wife, Emilie Whaley, died from an apparent overdose of methadone, which he admitted to police that he gave her, according to the … Read more on Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Trouble with Pain Medicine
A wag said that Rush Limbaugh was the poster child for using oxycontin for pain, and there is a lot of truth in that, because when properly used, oxycontin, MSContin, methadone, and fentanyl patches let our patients function normally and be pain free … Read more on Blogger News Network (blog)

Community Members Team Up to Prevent, Solve Drug Abuse in Polk County
Made famous for his role on "Glee," actor Cory Monteith died July 13 of an overdose of heroin mixed with alcohol. The 31-year-old was … "Methadone is no better than the heroin itself, and it's one of the only things for treatment," Crosby said. A … Read more on The Ledger

Methadone overdose killed Brierfield woman (38)
He said: “I knew Kelly had problems with drugs and alcohol. I had seen her injecting amphetamine on occasion, and … The methadone levels were consistent with “chronic use or acute overdose,” he said. He gave the cause of death as methadone toxicity. Read more on Pendle Today