Heroin Overdoses on Rise

Published October 2, 2012

Heroin overdoses on rise
Filed under: meth addiction help

Cochran said state legislation that regulates the sale of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in methamphetamine, is helping stem the manufacture of meth. … A heroin addict can easily spend up to $ 200 a day to support his or her addiction, detectives said.
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Prescription only: the claims, the facts
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In fact, he believes the system does nothing to prevent a criminal enterprise known as “smurfing,” or using various people to buy legal amounts of pseudoephedrine and pooling the spoils to make meth. … “Addicts steal to support their addiction,” he said.
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Unbreaking bad
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I was using a lot of meth, and that's what took me down. I was [also] diagnosed [as being] bipolar after I went into treatment. [Addiction] wasn't a path that I ever saw myself going down. Now that I'm on medication for the bipolar stuff and I'm sober …
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Reno mother sent to prison for allowing fatal abuse of toddler
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Sattler said Jordan and Swanson blew marijuana and meth smoke into the child's face for “pain management” for the abuse Swanson inflicted. Jordan's attorney, Sue Lugaski, said her client had severe drug problems and suffered from post partum depression …
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