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Heroin Abuse and Drug Addiction Articles


How deep is your involvement How deep is your involvement
Dr. John Ewing, founding director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has designed a simple test to determine if a person has a problem with substance abuse. Read More »


Dangers and Health Effects of Heroin Dangers of Heroin
When English scientists first synthesized heroin in 1874, they were looking for a painkiller that was not as addictive as other opiates like morphine. Read More »


Heroin Addiction Help Pregnant Women Using Heroin
If you are pregnant and using heroin, you need to be under a doctor's care. If you are already seeing a doctor for prenatal treatment, be honest and tell your doctor that you are using heroin. Your case needs special medical attention. Read More »


Heroin Addiction Help How to Deal with Loved Ones
If the heroin abuser is your lover or spouse, you may feel as if you are involved in a "love triangle" in which heroin is the third party. Your emotional needs are not being met because your partner is focused on heroin, not you. Read More »


Heroin Addiction Help What is Heroin Treatment Like?
Residential treatment centers can be very specialized, such as wilderness programs and therapeutic boarding schools for preteens and teenagers, Christian rehabilitation, or gender-specific programs. Read More »


Heroin Addiction Help The Six Stages of Change
In the late 1980s, University of Rhode Island professors James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente were studying ex-smokers when they came up with a theory called "the six stages of change." This idea was based upon... Read More »