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Heroin is an extremely addictive drug. Heroin is one of the most misused drugs and heroin addiction is very serious. Heroin is illegal and some forms of the drug bought on the streets can be highly dangerous as they are often ‘cut’ with ....
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users can be taught to identify and quickly respond to overdoses of Heroin or other opioids as effectively as medical experts, a Yale University study suggests.
The study supports efforts of some drug counsellors, physicians and public health experts who have started community-based programs to train addicts and supply them with the opioid ....
Article published on 02/06/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of Heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain's 'reward pathway'.
Using mice specifically bred without the adenosine A2A receptor, Prof Andrew Lawrence and his team ....
Article published on 02/06/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
workers in South Wales have expressed concern that more and more young people are taking Heroin, including children as young as six.
Information obtained by BBC Wales revealed that the youngest person arrested in recent years for supplying Heroin was aged 10.
Since 2005, 453 young people under 18 have been referred for treatment ....
Article published on 02/05/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
... been a more fitting time to raise aspirations."
July 2007 figures from the Scottish government reveal that around 21,000 people were using methadone to help with a Heroin addiction.
These findings prompted Scotland's community safety minister Fergus Ewing to pledge to improve services to guide methadone users into a drug-free ....
Article published on 25/03/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
... are often forced to detoxify but not provided with any follow-up treatment following being freed from jail, the commission cited figures that one in every 200 addicts who inject Heroin died from overdoses within two weeks of being released.
It also referred to the risks encountered by addicts who are locked up, including strains on their ....
Article published on 18/03/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
... Boyd of the University of Michigan's Substance Abuse Research Center said: "They perceive prescription medications as safer than street drugs such as cocaine and Heroin despite the fact that the stimulants and the opioids (painkillers) are just like cocaine and Heroin. And they're very easy for them to get," reported the ....
Article published on 07/03/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
... that a lot of brain cells are being injured by these drugs.
"That's alarming to society now. People don't seem to take club drugs as seriously as drugs such as Heroin or cocaine."
One version of methamphetamine, crystal meth, is becoming more popular in the UK, according to a leaked investigation report by the Association ....
Article published on 23/02/2020 by PCUG Addiction Treatment
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