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Dec
13
The Harshest Reality of “Crack Kills”
For a long time, I used to think that people don't die from crack addiction. I used to think that only drugs like heroin and prescription meds could kill addicts. You don't hear about crack overdoses like heroin, but just recently a member of our recovery community at treatment-centers.net told us that her husband, who had been a crack ...
Dec
12
Heroin Addiction Running Wild
There have been numerous articles recently about the spread of heroin and perscription drug abuse among young people from 13-25 years of age. These disturbing develpments have indicated that a majority of these young people are beginning with abuse of prescription pan medications stolen from parents and grandparents who are ill or recovering from surgery. Despite the serious dangers of ...
Jul
03
Rise in Afghanistan Poppy Leads to Iranian Drug Addiction
A recent article discussed the society of Iran and it's addiction to opium, heroin, and other opium based drugs. Although opium is a very commonly used pain killer and is also used socially in Iran, addiction that has turned users to heroin and other opium based drugs has plagued the nation and the government has leaped into action to ...
Jul
03
Opium Addicts in Iran, Compliments of Afghanistan
A recent article covered a rather disturbing story out of the middle east. The story reported that as many as 1 in 7 Iranians are addicted to opium or heroin, all coming from the poppy fields of Afghanistan. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 93% of the world's illicit opium market comes from Afghanistan. ...
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