Recovering Addict Recalls Day He Overdosed

Recovering addict recalls day he overdosed
“I had been living a lie for so many years,” Koutroubas says, recalling the day he woke up in a rehab room at the Elliot Hospital in Manchester, where he'd been taken by ambulance after overdosing on drugs. “I had been doing drugs for 14 years, and I …
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The Ripple Effect Of Heroin In New Hamphire
According to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, heroin use has doubled amongst people 12 and older between 2007 and 2012. Quinn says the increase in the use of the powder form of the drug in the past few years has …
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Rising heroin use taking a toll on communities across the United States
A local rehab facility has a six-month wait. One school … Once mainly a city phenomenon, the drug has spread — gripping postcard villages in Vermont, middle-class enclaves outside Chicago, the sleek urban core of Portland, Ore., and places in …
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