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I Have a Heroin Addiction and I Do Not Want to Be Dependant on Medication, What Are My Options?

Question by Nain: I have a heroin addiction and I do not want to be dependant on medication, what are my options?

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Answer by Jonny
Check yourself into a center.

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Fifteen Years Smoking Crack: Life in the Space Between Abstinence and Rock

Filed under: drug addiction treatment options

Because I believe it's necessary to forge a truthful, direct discussion about drugs before we can comprehend addiction, much less effectively treat drug abuse or hope to implement rational drug policy. My visceral fear when presenting these revelations …
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Mass. task force talks about state's addiction problem

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Created last month, the six-member task force is charged with studying addiction and the state's treatment options. The panel is focusing on Section 35, a provision in state law allowing the court system to hold addicts in treatment for up to 90 days …
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Editorial: RI must curb opiate overdoses

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Across Rhode Island and the nation at large, we are facing a public health crisis that we are poorly equipped to handle, since we largely choose to incarcerate rather than treat drug addicts. We can criticize the War on Drugs for multiple reasons, such …
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