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Spider – A Day In The Life Of A Heroin Addict – A Brilliant Short Film By Adam Rosenberg About A Heroin Addict Living In An Old Shack. Below is the link to Adam Rosenberg’s Youtube Channel. www.youtube.com

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Heroin addiction soars in Maine as treatment cuts take effect

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Substance abuse specialists in Maine are seeing a sharp increase in heroin addiction, even as progress is being made against the misuse of oxycodone and other prescription opiate painkillers. The trend, which mirrors national figures, worries treatment …
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Opiate Addiction Recovery in Dual Diagnosis Rehab – Katie’s Story – www.sovcal.com A chronic pain patient shares her story of recovery from opiate addiction and learning to deal with chronic pain and associated problems at a Treatment Center leading in dual diagnosis treatment. She also talks about her previous unsuccessful attempts at trying to deal with her pain and how she suffered for 10 years – undergoing surgery, seeking different treatments, taking opiates with no relief, till she found a dual diagnosis treatment center that addressed chronic pain and she got herself admitted. She goes on to talk about her experience at the center, some techniques learned to deal with her problems, the progress made and how she feels that she is finally on the road to recovery. For more information about Sovereign Health of California, or if you need assistance, please call our toll free number at 866.819.2948.

Ben: Diary Of A Heroin Addict – Website: thelonetiger.wordpress.com Facebook: www.facebook.com As a bright schoolboy from a loving, middle-class family Ben Rogers was expected to make a success of his life. Raised in a quiet, picturesque village Ben was a Boy Scout, loved cricket, played in the school orchestra and looked forward to the annual family holiday. But despite his privileged start in life Ben found himself on the road to ruin, injecting heroin up to four times a day. During his last months, Ben kept a video diary of his drug use and desperate attempts to come off heroin. Ravaged by the drug, Ben’s body began to break down: he developed DVT and his veins were rendered so useless he had to inject into his groin. Despite his family’s best efforts, Ben couldn’t stop. He was haunted by, and hooked on, heroin. Ben: Diary of A Heroin Addict charts his lies and manipulation as he mixes his next hit whilst telling his mother Anne he is clean and making a new start. It reveals Anne’s anger and tears as Ben loses his fight against the drugs and shows how father Mike’s unconditional love continues undiminished as they are forced to deal with their son’s addiction. Director Olly Lambert comments: “It’s incredibly rare to come across such raw and unflinching footage of a man so close to an abyss. I was speechless when I first watched it. I hope the film finishes what Ben had begun: to give people a visceral understanding of the nature of addiction. It has been a privilege to try and unpick who Ben really …

Sensational 1951 Anti-Drug Film: “The Terrible Truth” – Early (and sensational) film on marijuana use as a route to heroin addiction. An old juvenile court judge named McKesson, who keeps referring to himself as “we” and “us,” decides he wants to find out about drugs. The judge says this to the camera, but the words he mouths bear absolutely no relation to the words on the soundtrack. He drives to a house where he meets “Phyllis,” a teenager who tells us (also out-of-sync) that when you smoke pot (that’s jive talk for marijuana, folks) “everything speeds up to 100 miles an hour!” She meets “Chuck” (who is a “hype” and a “peddler”) and starts wearing lipstick, becomes a junkie, loses her looks, goes through withdrawal (some good histrionics here) and reforms. Judge McKesson then tells us that the Russians are promoting drug traffic in the United States to “undermine national morale,” and that the only way we can stop the spread of drug use is by using “good sense.” The film concludes with a newspaper headline — “America’s Teen Age Dope ‘Fad’ Ending!” Another unique view into the eternally pessimistic Sid Davis universe. Producer: Davis (Sid) Productions

Deadly dangers of prescription painkiller addiction – Susan Overstreet, of Florence, and Martha Armstrong, of Chesterfield, met a few months ago after learning each had loved ones die from prescription drug abuse.

Ontario to spend M on treatment for prescription drug addiction

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Health Minister Deb Matthews said the funding will focus on pregnant women, mothers and those aboriginal communities who are addicted to opioids, such as the prescription painkiller OxyContin. “That was an area that the expert working group said we had …
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New aid to help blunt painkiller addiction

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) — A new online tool to help train U.S. healthcare providers on proper prescribing practices for painkillers is available, President Obama's drug czar said Monday. The tool will also will provide healthcare providers training …
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Outptientdetox.com – Comfortable Outpatient Detox – Suboxone doctor in recovery explains how outpatient detox can be done safely and comfortably.

Dr. Jan Trobisch Attends 2012 Annual California Society of Addiction Medicine …

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For practitioners of outpatient detox programs in Bakersfield, CA there is none more devoted than Dr. Jan Trobisch of Synergy Lifestyle Center—the board certified specialist recently attended the yearly course offered by the California Society of …
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Our Hope celebrates 40 years of guiding women from addiction to recovery in …

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It's a middle ground between addiction entrapment and outpatient therapy. Far from an institutionalized setting, the program instills residents … Acupuncture therapy is available as a way to aid detox. In four decades, 1,700 women have been helped …
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