WASTED YOUTH: Grandparents raise children of drug addicts – The Enterprise of Brockton, Mass. www.enterprisenews.com Story published: July 15, 2007 Story link: http://www.enterprisenews.com/articles/2007/07/15/news/ne…

 

Awareness is key in the fight against prescription drug abuse

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McKenzie got a very expensive education — about $ 80,000 in treatment and rehabilitation since Thanksgiving for two of her sons, now in their 20s, to kick the methadone they were given at a clinic as part of their effort to get out from under opiate …
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Recovering Drug Addict: 'We All Start in Same Place'

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“What kids don't see,” Herren said, “is how drug addicts get to that end result. They look at addicts and see dirty, ugly people, and never think that will be them. But they all start in the same place. No one grows up and says 'I want to be a heroin …
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Authorities ready to charge mothers of drug–addicted infants

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When a child is born addicted to drugs, it is painfully obvious for everyone to see. In the otherwise quiet nursery, the other babies peacefully rest while the addicted infant wails and cries in pain and agony, unable to comprehend what is tormenting …
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