Category: Heroin Addiction
3 Steps to Effective Family Therapy After Heroin Addiction
May 27, 2011
Families who are a part of a loved one’s heroin addiction should always be a part of their heroin addiction treatment. In an effort to heal themselves after what the addict has done to their lives during active addiction and in an effort to heal [...]
Jason Davis Charged with Heroin Possession
May 2, 2011
He was a participant in VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Pinsky, but his stint on the show did little for his long-term sobriety and recovery from heroin addiction: Jason Davis, the excessively rich socialite, has recently pled not guilty to felony heroin possession related [...]
Study Says Older Addicts Prefer Heroin
March 14, 2011
Teen drug and alcohol addiction is often the focus of discussions on heroin abuse, but drug addicts and drug abusers over the age of 50 number around 1.7 million in the United States, and that number is expected to rise to 4.4 million by the [...]
Comedian Famous for Harsh Drug Addiction Routine Dies
March 9, 2011
Stand-up comedian Mike DeStefano was just beginning to make his mark on the world after coming in fourth in a recent season of “Last Comic Standing.’ He even had a one man show in New York and was about to open a new one: “A [...]
Heroin Addiction Quick Facts
February 7, 2011
Heroin, a highly addictive opiate drug, has been sweeping the United States for decades. It’s been around for centuries and continues to infect communities around the world. Though researchers across the years have searched for a cure for this blight on the community, there is [...]
3 Types of Heroin Detox
January 13, 2011
When you’re ready to kick heroin, you have more than one option to choose from. Heroin detox comes in many forms and no one of them is better than another. Appropriate in different circumstances, your task is to know what’s out there, know yourself and [...]
Surviving Heroin Addiction
June 30, 2010
Heroin addiction is nothing short of dangerous. Narcotic drugs are so strongly addictive, it can take over someone’s life in short order. Overdose is a realistic possibility with nearly every use. It’s like playing Russian Roulette – when the gun points at you, will it [...]
Long Island Heroin Addiction Problem Continues to Grow
March 6, 2010
Heroin addiction is a problem across the country and around the world, but attention turned to the heroin addiction epidemic in Long Island two years ago when the grossly high numbers first hit the news. Now, tales of heroin addiction in Long Island are again [...]
New Study: IDU Heroin Addicts Just as Likely to Benefit from HIV Therapy as Non Drug Addicts
February 24, 2010
Sharing needles is one of the quickest ways to transmit contagious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C, making intravenous drug use (IDU) of drugs like heroin one of the most dangerous types of drug addiction. Up until now, it has been believed that heroin addicts [...]
Heroin Addiction Rising in Iran
November 17, 2009
Iran is located on an important heroin trafficking route from Afghanistan, which means that the number of drug addicts in the country rise every year. In fact, according to Reuters, it is estimated that there are about 130,000 new drug addicts every year in Iran. [...]
