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Question by TheCreator23: What makes risk of overdose so high among heroin addicts?
Why do addicts overdose so much?

Also, what is the “gateway effect” many believe is associated with marijuana?

Best answer:

Answer by 1stAngel*
B/c of bad heroin & they only care about getting high,not the after effects. Getting a fix is #1 priority,they believe they can’t be helped nor do they care..it’s all about the next hit. also if they get anything pills,whatever they will take that too b4 & after the heroin…most don’t over does on purpose & most do it by mistake. So many death associated w/this drud was classified as a suicide & that’s simple not true..also some was meant to commit suicide & was classified as overdose. I guess it’s true in any case so it really doesn’t matte b/c to allow ones self to feel the need to use & have it all the time…is to be suicidal.    Read more...

Lautenberg's wife touts Pallone as sop Senate pick
Frank Pallone to fill her late husband's seat. Bonnie Lautenberg made her first appearance with Pallone on Monday, attending a campaign event at a former Superfund toxic waste site in East Rutherford. She and Lautenberg's children have endorsed Pallone … Read more on abc27

Andover family builds a home in tribute to son who died from prescription drug …
"I think only someone that has lost a child could understand the emptiness that you don't know how you will ever, ever fill again." Kim Sawyer could find no … Grant Sawyer died December 3, 2011 at age of 23, from a methadone overdose. His … Read more on KARE

'Glee' star's death sheds light on young adults hooked on heroin
SEATTLE — “Glee” star Cory Monteith's death has many wondering how someone so young and talented could have died from a heroin overdose, but local experts say users under 30 are the fastest growing group to die from heroin use in Washington state … Read more on KOMO News    Read more...

Sex offender convicted in deaths of teen girls ordered to undergo psychiatric …
A sex offender who was recently convicted of criminal negligence in connection with the overdose deaths of two Vancouver teens will undergo a psychiatric assessment to help determine if he should be labelled a dangerous or long-term offender. In … Read more on The Province

Sex offender facing psychiatric assessment
A sex offender who was recently convicted of criminal negligence in connection with the overdose deaths of two Vancouver teens will undergo a psychiatric assessment to help determine if he should be labelled a dangerous or long-term offender. In … Read more on The Province

Medicaid Coverage Limits Access To Medications For Painkiller Addicts
Jul 23, 2013. This story comes from our partner Stateline, the daily news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. … A report commissioned by the American Society of Addiction Medicine found that Medicaid agencies in just 28 states cover all three of … Read more on Kaiser Health News    Read more...

12 Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for …
With her big green eyes, thick curly hair and engaging smile, Karla was never at a loss for male company, but she despaired over finding a man with whom she could build a future—especially as she attended peers' weddings, and rejoiced over the news … Read more on Pacific Standard

Opiate treatment proposal moves forward
People who are arrested for opiate possession in Santa Fe would be immediately sent to treatment programs instead of jail under a three-year pilot program recommended to the City Council by its Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Task Force … Read more on Santa Fe New Mexican.com

Where do you turn when you've hit rock bottom?
Drug-treatment strategies have come under scrutiny in the wake of the death of 31-year-old Canadian actor Cory Monteith, star of the hit TV series Glee, from a heroin and alcohol overdose. Monteith had reportedly … Methadone, for instance, has been … Read more on Calgary Herald

Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
Part of the problem may have been with the rehab program itself; research suggests that many programs don't take advantage of available medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), don't provide talk therapy program that have been … Read more on TIME (blog)