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141 US NY: PUB LTE: What To Do About Heroin AddictionMon, 14 Mar 2016
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Eisenberg, Mark Area:New York Lines:34 Added:03/14/2016

To the Editor:

Re "Use of Heroin in Public View Across the U.S." (front page, March 7):

Until they are ready for treatment and have access to it, people with an addiction to heroin will find a place to inject, whether it's in a fast-food restaurant bathroom, a church basement, a public bus or an abandoned building. Making restrooms inaccessible will only push the problem elsewhere.

Nurse-supervised safe injection sites like Insite in Vancouver, Canada, have been demonstrated to save lives and provide a pathway toward recovery. We need to follow suit.

Brookline, Mass.

The writer is a doctor of internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.

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142 US CT: Norwich Heroin Forum Focuses On Saving AddictsFri, 11 Mar 2016
Source:Day, The (New London,CT) Author:Florin, Karen Area:Connecticut Lines:138 Added:03/11/2016

Norwich - If they're still breathing, there's hope.

When somebody overdoses on heroin and is treated in the emergency room at The William W. Backus Hospital, they speak to an outreach worker before they leave.

It's one of the steps members the Norwich Heroin Task Force, comprising social services agencies, health care providers, police and others are taking as they try to get a handle on the growing number of heroin- and opiate- addicted residents in the region.

More than 120 people attended a forum on the growing public health crisis Thursday, with presentations from social workers, doctors, addiction specialists and parents of addicted children.

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143 US NY: Grass-Roots Efforts Take Aim At Heroin EpidemicFri, 11 Mar 2016
Source:Buffalo News (NY) Author:Michel, Lou Area:New York Lines:84 Added:03/11/2016

Addicts' Families Form Web of Support

Families of heroin and other opiate addicts started meeting last year in Amherst and the Town of Tonawanda to offer each other support.

Some 500 people last week packed Buffalo's North Park Theatre for a town hall-style meeting on the deadly epidemic.

And as many as 200 people are expected to attend a meeting in a Depew church Wednesday in search of answers.

All of this represents a grassroots response to the epidemic killing hundreds of local residents and a belief that government alone cannot solve the problem.

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144US FL: OPED: Heroin Epidemic Demands A Federal ResponseTue, 08 Mar 2016
Source:Tampa Bay Times (FL) Author:Buchanan, Vern Area:Florida Lines:Excerpt Added:03/10/2016

For millions of families, including those in our own Florida communities, a drug-fueled pattern of devastation and heartbreak has become a painful part of life. Too many of our loved ones are losing their struggle with heroin and other addictive substances. The facts are sobering. Thousands of Americans die each year from heroin, the most addictive drug on the planet. In Florida, heroin overdose deaths have increased 900 percent in recent years, rising from 48 in 2010 to 447 in 2014.

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145 US DC: LTE: Another Myth About HeroinWed, 09 Mar 2016
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Mathis, Don Area:District of Columbia Lines:33 Added:03/10/2016

Maia Szalavitz advanced the thoughtful national conversation on addiction by dissolving some of the most widespread misconceptions about the heroin epidemic in her March 6 Five Myths essay [Outlook]. Yet she did not highlight what many of us in the treatment and recovery world see as the most inaccurate and troubling myth. That is, the belief that addiction is a moral failing, a sign of weak or poor character. Rigorous research and neuroscience have proved that substance use disorder is a bona fide disease.

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146 US IL: OPED: 5 Myths About HeroinWed, 09 Mar 2016
Source:Chicago Tribune (IL) Author:Szalavitz, Maia Area:Illinois Lines:193 Added:03/09/2016

America's epidemic of heroin and prescription-pain-reliever addiction has become a major issue in the 2016 election. The epidemic is worse than ever: Deaths from overdoses of opioids - the drug category that includes heroin and prescription analgesics such as Vicodin - reached an all-time high in 2014, rising 14 percent in a single year. But because drug policy has long been a political and cultural football, myths about opioid addiction abound. Here are some of the most dangerous - and how they do harm.

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147 US WA: Penny Legate On Daughter's Heroin DeathTue, 08 Mar 2016
Source:Seattle Times (WA) Author:Brodeur, Nicole Area:Washington Lines:70 Added:03/09/2016

There was a time when Penny LeGate couldn't bear to hear her own daughter's name.

And yet, there she was last week, glued to her computer screen, watching as Sen. Patty Murray stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate and cited LeGate's girl, Marah Williams - and her death at 19 from a heroin overdose in 2012 - in urging the passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

The legislation, if passed, would tackle prescription-drug abuse and heroin addiction by cutting down the "inappropriate" use of pain medication that leads to addiction. It also would make it easier for people to safely dispose of medication and would give police access to naloxone, which can counteract the effects of an overdose.

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148US: Heroin Use And Overdoses Seeping Into Public ViewMon, 07 Mar 2016
Source:San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Author:Seelye, Katharine Q. Area:United States Lines:Excerpt Added:03/07/2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In Philadelphia last spring, a man riding a city bus at rush hour injected heroin into his hand, in full view of other passengers, including one who captured the scene on video.

In Cincinnati, a woman died in January after she and her husband overdosed in their baby's room at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The husband was found unconscious with a gun in his pocket, a syringe in his arm and needles strewn around the sink.

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149 US: Use Of Heroin In Public View Across The U.S.Mon, 07 Mar 2016
Source:New York Times (NY) Author:Seelye, Katharine Q. Area:United States Lines:164 Added:03/07/2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In Philadelphia last spring, a man riding a city bus at rush hour injected heroin into his hand, in full view of other passengers, including one who captured the scene on video.

In Cincinnati, a woman died in January after she and her husband overdosed in their baby's room at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The husband was found unconscious with a gun in his pocket, a syringe in his arm and needles strewn around the sink.

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150 US DC: OPED: HeroinSun, 06 Mar 2016
Source:Washington Post (DC) Author:Szalavitz, Maia Area:District of Columbia Lines:190 Added:03/06/2016

America' s epidemic of heroin and prescription pain reliever addiction has become a major issue in the 2016 elections. It's worse than ever: Deaths from overdoses of opioids (the drug category that includes heroin and prescription analgesics such as Vicodin) reached an all-time high in 2014, rising 14 percent in a single year. But because drug policy has long been a political and cultural football, myths about opioid addiction abound. Here are some of the most dangerous- and how they do harm.

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151 US: Senate Rejects Adding $600m To Antiheroin LegislationThu, 03 Mar 2016
Source:Boston Globe (MA) Author:Taylor, Andrew Area:United States Lines:48 Added:03/03/2016

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to add $600 million to a bipartisan bill targeting heroin and opioid abuse.

Supporters of the immediate funding won a majority of the Senate votes. But the 48-to-47 tally fell short of the 60 votes required for an attempt by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, to add the money.

Shaheen praised the underlying bill, which has sweeping bipartisan backing, but said "the reality is unless we provide the resources to make these programs work it's like giving a drowning person a life preserver that has no air in it."

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152 US OH: Bill Seeks To Boost Heroin PenaltiesTue, 01 Mar 2016
Source:Dayton Daily News (OH) Author:Perkins, William T. Area:Ohio Lines:65 Added:03/02/2016

Opponents Say It's Time to Focus on Recovery.

As seizure rates and heroin-related deaths spike in Ohio, some lawmakers want stricter punishments for drug dealers.

But others argue that focusing on dealers simply perpetuates a failed 40-year-long War on Drugs policy, and it's time to focus on recovery for addicts.

House Bill 171 would allow an individual to be labeled a "major drug offender" for carrying 100 grams of heroin - down from the current 250 grams. The bill passed the House last year 82-16 and is now in Senate committee hearings.

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153 US CT: LTE: Heroin Kills But Alleged Dealer FreeMon, 29 Feb 2016
Source:Day, The (New London,CT) Author:Simones, Constantine J. Area:Connecticut Lines:35 Added:03/01/2016

We recently buried our precious grandson who died from a heroin overdose. I was astounded to read in the article, "Accused heroin dealers free on bond, due in court March 4," (Feb. 23), that one of the heroin dealers who had been arrested last weekend was released on bail. This is insanity. People who sell heroin are purveyors of death.

Heroin is like handing a young person a loaded gun to shoot themselves. The article spoke about ridiculous rules that allow criminals to be released on bond. Heroin is lethal and those who sell it are murderers and they should be put away for a long time without the privilege of being released.

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154 US OH: Bill To Boost Heroin Penalties CriticizedSat, 27 Feb 2016
Source:Columbus Dispatch (OH) Author:Perkins, William T. Area:Ohio Lines:79 Added:02/28/2016

As seizure rates and heroin-related deaths spike in Ohio, some lawmakers want stricter punishments for drug dealers.

But others argue that focusing on dealers simply perpetuates a failed 40-year-long War on Drugs policy, and it's time to focus on recovery for addicts.

House Bill 171 would allow an individual to be labeled a "major drug offender" for carrying 100 grams of heroin - down from the current 250 grams. The bill passed the House last year 82-16 and is now in Senate committee hearings.

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155 US CA: Column: Newest America's Enemy: HeroinFri, 26 Feb 2016
Source:Imperial Valley Press (CA) Author:Bojorquez, Arturo Area:California Lines:112 Added:02/26/2016

Last month, an official with the Drug Enforcement Agency made a presentation before the Senatorial Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C. During the report, the country's newest public enemy was unveiled.

The south-of-the-border rival has no link to terrorist organizations, viruses, or Donald Trump-so-hated Mexicans.

Based on figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the DEA's document underlines that drug overdose by heroin usage is now the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States, surpassing deaths from car accidents and firearms.

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156US NY: Ithaca Mayor Seeks Supervised Heroin Injection FacilityTue, 23 Feb 2016
Source:Ithaca Journal, The (NY) Author:O'Connor, Kelsey Area:New York Lines:Excerpt Added:02/23/2016

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick wants the city to be the first in the U.S. to offer a supervised injection facility, where heroin users would be able to shoot up under the care of a nurse. The facility is one piece of a comprehensive new approach he wants Ithaca to take against the scourge of addiction.

A comprehensive approach following the four pillars of treatment, harm reduction, public safety and prevention will be announced officially Wednesday, when Myrick and the Municipal Drug Policy Committee unveils "The Ithaca Plan: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drugs and Drug Policy."

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157 US NY: Ithaca Mayor Proposes Supervised Heroin UseTue, 23 Feb 2016
Source:Times-Tribune, The (Scranton PA) Author:Klepper, David Area:New York Lines:81 Added:02/23/2016

In New Approach, City Plans to Treat Addiction As Public Health Issue.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The mayor of Ithaca wants his city in upstate New York to host the nation's first supervised injection facility, enabling heroin users to shoot illegal drugs into their bodies under the care of a nurse without getting arrested by police.

The son of an addict who abandoned his family, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick is only 28 years old, but knows intimately how destructive drugs can be. As he worked his way from a homeless shelter into the Ivy League at Cornell University and then became Ithaca's youngest mayor four years ago, Mr. Myrick encountered countless people who never got the help they needed.

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158 US CT: PUB LTE: Conn. Policies Deter Heroin Recovery EffortsSun, 21 Feb 2016
Source:Day, The (New London,CT) Author:Strycharz, Dianne Area:Connecticut Lines:36 Added:02/21/2016

It's sad that it takes so many recent deaths to bring heroin's ugly face to light. Think of all the young people out there with the disease of addiction, knowing that even if they try to quit, they will often come to a dead end under the process of getting clean in Connecticut.

First they'll go to detox, where they'll have to prove that there's enough of the drug in their system to merit a bed (for about a week); if there isn't, they go use again, although they want to quit! Then, if they manage to get a bed and make it through detox, most likely they'll have to wait, their name on a list, until a treatment facility bed is available, at one of too few places, for too short a length of time (probably 30 days). The name of the game is waiting; and heroin addicts are not good at waiting.

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159 US CT: Heroin In Cross Hairs Of New London PoliceSat, 20 Feb 2016
Source:Day, The (New London,CT) Author:Boyle, Lindsay Area:Connecticut Lines:116 Added:02/20/2016

Chief Margaret Ackley Says All Resources Deployed to Combat Crisis

New London - Police Chief Margaret Ackley said her department is focusing all of its resources to combat the city's heroin problem as a survey of state records shows that proportionately more people are dying from heroin in New London than other municipalities in the state.

According to statistics kept by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from January 2012 through September 2015, heroin-related overdose deaths have been occurring at a disproportionately high rate in New London for years.

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160 US NY: LTE: Narcan Is Not the Answer to Deadly Heroin EpidemicSun, 14 Feb 2016
Source:Buffalo News (NY) Author:Hughes, Virginia Area:New York Lines:26 Added:02/16/2016

I am writing in response to The News article, "23 dead here from opiates over 11 days." Does it not strike anyone else as outrageous, the fact that a very sick couple from halfway across the state knew where to come, Buffalo, and who to contact, a pusher, to get their poison? And apparently the local drug enforcement agents don't know?

Millions are spent in these agencies. For God's sake, get these murderers off our streets. One less pusher could mean 10-plus fewer overdoses. Narcan is not the answer.

Virginia Hughes

Dunkirk

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