Posts Tagged ‘heroin addicts’
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Health Officials Call for Better Access to Addiction Treatment
“We have three highly different but effective medications to treat opioid addiction – more than any other drug of abuse except alcoholism. Yet only a small fraction of opioid-addicted patients receive these medications,” said Percy Menzies, president …
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The Alcoholism Treatment Helpline Offers Guidance to Addicts in Conneaut
LIGHTNING RELEASES 04/21/14 – Young adults in Conneaut, OH are often confronted with pressure to use drugs and alcohol. Plenty of choose to give into the pressure and that can open the door for addiction and substance abuse. When that occurs, where …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …
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Addiction treatment specialists say Illinois funding is too low
SPRINGFIELD — While lawmakers look for solutions to Illinois' heroin problem, addiction specialists say the state is not providing them with enough funding. The state's rehabilitation centers say they have had to drastically cut programming due to …
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Trouble Is a Gift: A Story of Addiction, Recovery & Hope
“But finally, there I was alone in this apartment, sitting in a chair, staring at the radiator waiting for the little guy to crawl out from behind it. Knowing the bottle was going to be empty in another minute. Wondering how I'm going to get money to …
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US drug war slowly turns its aim away from low-level users
Much of the impetus has been provided by parents of overdose victims, often from suburban areas seeing more drug use who form support groups and use the Internet to honor their loved ones. Among them was DiRenzo, of Blackwood, N.J., a middle-class …
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Bouchard: Heroin has infiltrated every Oakland County community
A dramatic change in a child's group of friends. • Parents should also … Parents, many from Waterford and South Lyon, bandied placards — “Hope for heroin addicts,” “I am here because I am scared for my community” and “We support a drug-free community.”.
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Dallas TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Expansion of Residential Treatment …
The process of inpatient treatment in Dallas involves individual and group therapy, classes on addiction, and explaining how different drugs like cocaine, heroin, opiates and Ecstasy affect the mind and body. Additional classes now offered through the …
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Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
The trial—based on a similar effort in Norway—sought to help hard-core heroin addicts who had failed out of other treatment programs, based on the thinking that the chronically addicted might use fewer drugs if they had a job to go to in the morning …
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Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
Cape May County does not have a single bed listed in the state Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services' treatment directory (although the county does offer placement services and covers three weeks of in-patient treatment through a group …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it – because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient rehab. Some …
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Question by afireinsidethedarkness: Books like “Go Ask Alice” & “Smack” but more adult?
I love books like go ask Alice, smack, the road of the dead, crank, ect.. but Im 20 & I would like to find more adult books that are like the ones I like.
Can anyone suggest any?
I don’t like fantasy or romance books.. I like “true” stories where people have problems that they overcome within the story.
I also don’t like old books. I never have been able to get into them.
Best answer:
Answer by Emmy
I just finished ‘Candy’.http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Novel-Addiction-Luke-Davies/dp/0345423879 Its about heroin addicts, it’s very good.
Also ‘Beauty queen’. http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Queen-Linda-Glovach/dp/006205161X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280854029&sr=1-1
Answer by Ace
These are definately “adult” books. Some are extremely graphic and disturbing, so if you’re used to teen and young adult books, I’m not sure if you’ll like them. But they will definatly open your eyes. And your doors of perception will be cleansed.
“Trainspotting” by Irvine Welsh. Darkly witty, the story tells of a group of hoods and their various addictions.
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S Thompson. Gonzo journalism at its best, describes a drug and alcohol infused journey to las vegas.
“Factotum” by Charles Bukowski. Part of a series of books about one Henry Chinaski, a drunken, whoring degenerate. It’s delightfully perverse.
“Less Than Zero” by Bret Easton Ellis. Somewhat disturbing novel of sex, drugs, and nightlife.
“The Basketball Diaries” by Jim Carroll. Coming-of-age in a world filled with violence and drugs.
“Party Monster” by James St James. True story of a brutal murder in the club scene.
“Coin Locker Babies” by Ryu Murakami. Very creepy story of two boys abandoned as newborns and left for dead. Their struggle to survive involves violence, identity loss, and murder. I highly reccommend it.
“Bastard Out of Carolina” by Dorothy Allison. Tells of a girl dealing with physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her step father.
“Requiem for a Dream” by Hubert Selby Jr. The dreams of two best friends are slowly destroyed by addiction.
“Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah. True story of a twelve year old boy forced into the army to witness and commit atrocity. At the end of the book, he learns to overcome his severe addictions to drugs, violence, and hate.