People who go to the Acapulco Barbershops because of heroin dependence in San Antonio will have to settle for no more than a shave and a haircut these days. According to a news story by Elizabeth Zavala for San Antonio Express News in late September 2015, a federal grand jury brought charges against seven defendants for possession of heroin plus money laundering. Both treatment professionals and ...
Prescription Drug Abuse Gets Better, and It Gets Worse
It seems like forever that people in this country have been focused with the growth of opiate prescription drug abuse into epidemic proportions. Many people are asking themselves, won’t this ever go away? Won’t we ever be able to manage this high-profile problem? The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) tells us that while the abuse of opiates has somewhat decreased, the incidence of ...
Infectious Diseases, Needles and Heroin Abuse in Fresno
The Business Journal, an online news magazine, has published a story by Hannah Esqueda that the Fresno County District Attorney and the Fresno Chamber of Commerce share a concern about heroin abuse in Fresno and throughout the Central Valley. Despite the existence of multiple methadone and Suboxone treatment programs and also the Fresno Needle Exchange, people are continuing with heroin abuse in ...
The Talk at Addiction Treatment Centers In Savannah GA
Why are you thinking about going into recovery at one of the addiction treatment centers in Savannah, GA. Maybe you have a probation officer or a spouse hollering in your ear. You’re sick of the words. But let’s take a minute to talk about the way addicts use words. Plenty of words carry different meanings for normal people than they do for the folks who live the street life, the ones who ...
Let’s Like LAC: Methadone Addiction Treatment Support
Who is LAC and why should we like it? For starters, LAC has come out strongly in support of methadone addiction treatment. LAC is the Legal Action Center, and its mission statement identifies it as the only non-profit law and policy organization in the country dedicated to fighting discrimination against those who suffer from addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal histories. LAC is an offshoot of the ...
Heroin Dependence and Violence: A Criminal Combination
If you’re a victim of heroin dependence, you’re already descending into a criminal world full of dealers, drug bosses, and crime lords. But the worse thing for any addict can be your first point of contact, the street dealer in your neighborhood. Take, for example, two recent arrests in Solano County, California. One of the men was staked out because officials suspected that he was violating the ...
