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'Shaman' won't face prison in Seattle drug treatment sting

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Initially suspected of felony drug crimes, three men purveyors of ibogaine – an African drug used elsewhere to treat cocaine and heroin addiction – are set to be sentenced Tuesday on misdemeanor charges. None are expected to be sentenced to jail …
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Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?

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Most of those studies just test craving–they don't go so far as to treat addicts. Now, though, researchers have started looking at testing and treating addicts' cravings for drugs like crack, cocaine, and heroin through virtual reality. The big …
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Heroin addict's low point: 'Die or get high'

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Dan, a 21-year-old from the Berwick area, said parents may deny heroin is something today's youth have access to, but in his experience, the drug was readily available for those in junior high and high school. "Almost everybody that sells weed will try …
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Editorial: Prescription-drug abuse lead-in to heroin

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In Westchester, heroin overdoses led to 29 deaths in 2011, the latest statistics show. That follows a national trend: 178,000 people tried heroin for the first time in 2011, nearly double that of 2005. The law enforcement, medical and drug treatment …
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