A Problem Becomes Public
Hard to imagine anything more disturbing to most people than finding an overdose victim on the floor of the ladies’ room at the local McDonald’s.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Fault and Blame
Rehab isn’t intended to effect a cure for someone’s addiction. We don’t have a cure for anybody’s addiction.
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Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Instead of sleazy criminals and foreign warlords, the misuse was initially at the hands of trained physicians, with the confidence of medical authorities.
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A Heroin-ish Solution to Heroin Addiction?
We should remember the proposal isn’t actually about a way to get addicts off drugs; it’s a way to facilitate use.
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The Last Dose
Reliable stats on relapse can be hard to come by, but return-to-heroin rates appear to run above 80% (and in some cases, higher).
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