Causes of Craving. Addiction 101: a Guide to Addiction Treatment – Preview
Causes of Craving. Addiction 101: A Guide to Addiction Treatment – Preview – In 2008 a wildfire swept through Butte County, California. The fire burned for a month and over 10000 residents fled their homes. In Butte County, as in all…
Prescription pain pills often lead to harder drugs — and to Camden
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Kyle (above and below), a 26-year-old drug addict, injects heroin behind an abandoned building in South Camden. Kyle began taking prescription painkillers after being injured in a car accident. He eventually turned to heroin. / Photos by Chris …
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Article on possible St. Louis case of flesh-eating drug 'krokodil' is pulled …
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Desomorphine, the drug's official name, is made by cooking prescription painkillers with contaminants such as gasoline, alcohol, paint thinner or lighter fluid. In addition to gangrene and rotting flesh, the drug causes brain damage and disintegrates …
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Sledgehammer justice
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Eleven years ago, Dennis Capps, 39, a methamphetamine addict, pled guilty to two instances of trafficking involving a quantity of drugs he could hold in his hand. He conquered his addiction for a long time, then relapsed, and in this year was convicted …
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Many people with diabetes still lose vision, despite availability of vision …
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This can cause poor blood flow or leaking of fluids from these blood vessels, which brings on swelling of the retina. The condition, known as diabetic macular edema, can cripple central vision and the ability to see detailed images, such as the face of …
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