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61 CN NS: From Heroin Addict To Cabinet MinisterTue, 25 Jun 2013
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Lawlor, Allison Area:Nova Scotia Lines:203 Added:06/25/2013

Nova Scotian Overcame Destructive Habit to Rise to Newspaper Executive and Top Level of Government

Jane Purves's life took on a movie-like quality. It was the remarkable story of how the privileged daughter of a successful Halifax doctor spiralled into the terrible depths of a heroin addiction, but managed to make a comeback and a success of her life, first as managing editor of one of Nova Scotia's daily newspapers and then as a provincial politician and cabinet minister in former premier John Hamm's Tory government.

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62 CN ON: Oxycontin Replaced By Explosion Of Small-town Heroin UseFri, 17 Aug 2012
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Ogilvie, Megan Area:Ontario Lines:199 Added:08/18/2012

The dire predictions have panned out: Heroin has filled the void.

Almost six months after OxyContin was replaced with a harder-to-abuse pill, police services and addiction counselors say heroin has made a dramatic appearance on community streets, fueling crime and causing a rise in overdoses.

In many Ontario towns and cities, the potent drug is now cheaper and easier to access than OxyContin. Heroin is also surfacing in communities that have rarely or never had to deal with the dangerous narcotic. And some of those turning to heroin - often to stave off the horrors of opioid withdrawal - appear to cross all age groups and social and economic backgrounds.

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63 CN ON: Heroin Becoming Drug Of Choice In CityTue, 01 May 2012
Source:Oshawa Express, The (CN ON) Author:Cole, Lindsey Area:Ontario Lines:143 Added:05/01/2012

Beth Whalen sees many walks of life come through the doors of the John Howard Society of Durham Region.

Each person has their own story to tell. Lately, the tales she's heard are showing more people are turning to heroin and fentanyl use in part because the popular painkiller OxyContin is going off the market, being replaced with a more difficult drug to tamper with in OxyNEO.

As the harm reduction coordinator, Whalen is actively involved in Project X-Change, which is a program that provides access to sterile needles, syringes, condoms, cookers, safe needle disposal bins and other paraphernalia in order to promote safer injection drug use and safer methods for at-risk activities. The idea behind the program is to reduce the spread of blood borne diseases.

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64 South Korea: PUB LTE: Heroin Maintenance ProgramMon, 23 Apr 2012
Source:Korea Times (South Korea) Author:Sharpe, Robert Area:Korea Lines:39 Added:04/23/2012

Dear editor,

There is a middle ground between drug prohibition and blanket legalization. Switzerland's heroin maintenance program has been shown to reduce disease, death and crime among chronic users. Providing addicts with standardized doses in a clinical setting eliminates many of the problems associated with illicit heroin use. The success of the Swiss program has inspired heroin maintenance pilot projects in Canada, Germany, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands.

If expanded, prescription heroin maintenance would deprive organized crime of a core client base. This would render illegal heroin trafficking unprofitable and spare future generations addiction.

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