This Drug Could Make a Huge Dent in Heroin Addiction. So Why Isn’t It Used More? – Washington Post (Blog)

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn’t it used more? – Washington Post (blog)


Washington Post (blog)

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
Washington Post (blog)
In 2010, more than 19,000 Americans died from opiate overdose. By comparison, about 11,000 Americans died from gun homicide. Over the past 35 years, about 200,000 injection-drug users have died of HIV/AIDS. Substitution therapies — first methadone, 

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Henry Radel, tell other Republicans that all addicts deserve help – The Guardian


The Guardian

Henry Radel, tell other Republicans that all addicts deserve help
The Guardian
The proposed legislation and laws vary state to state, but the implication and consequences of all of them are the same: those who use illegal drugs are not worth spending money on. If you smoke crack, shoot heroin, snort coke, you are just weak, lazy
Rep. Radel seeks forgiveness for his drug problems while denying compassion Washington Post (blog)
'Cocaine congressman' received the right sentenceChicago Tribune
Cocaine bust derails fledgling GOP congressman9NEWS.com

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Come for the Argument That Casual Drug Use Shouldn’t Be Treated Differently … – Reason (blog)


Reason (blog)

Come for the Argument That Casual Drug Use Shouldn't Be Treated Differently
Reason (blog)
I document in the piece that exceedingly few people who use currently illegal drugs go on to become regular users of those substances, much less addicts. Even Radel, a conservative Republican from Florida, didn't say he was a cocaine addict – instead, 

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Drug addiction alarming | Addicts contribute to rise of crimes, speakers tell … – Daily Star Online


Daily Star Online

Drug addiction alarming | Addicts contribute to rise of crimes, speakers tell
Daily Star Online
Photo: Star. About half of the five million drug addicts in the country are involved in crimes, said leading anti drugabuse campaigner Prof Arup Ratan Choudhury yesterday. Bangladesh stands eighth among the world's top 10 countries of drug abuse, he

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