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Promoting Awareness of Resources Available at Syringe Exchanges in Windsor County, VT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Heroin addiction is a problem nationwide, and is especially prevalent in the state of Vermont. Individuals who inject heroin are at risk of infection with HIV or hepatitis C, and of death by heroin overdose.
Worswick, Erica
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The Effect of Drug Prohibition on Drug Prices: Evidence from the Markets for Cocaine and Heroin [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the effect of drug prohibition on the black market prices of cocaine and heroin. The paper examines the ratio of retail to farmgate price for cocaine, heroin, and several legal goods, and it compares legal versus black market prices ...
Jeffrey A. Miron
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The Heroin Crisis Act: What You Need to Know about the New Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Heroin Crisis Act aims to address the heroin epidemic in Illinois through improved access to treatment and expanded overdose prevention activities.
Daniel Rabbitt
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Trends and Associated Factors of Use of Opioid, Heroin, and Cannabis Among Patients for Emergency Department Visits in Nevada: 2009–2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
To examine trends and contributing factors of opioid, heroin, and cannabis-associated emergency department (ED) visits in Nevada. The 2009 to 2017 Nevada State ED database (n = 7,950,554 ED visits) were used.
Chun, Sungyoun   +6 more
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TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH HEROIN ADDICTION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Heroin addiction is devastating to both the person addicted and to society. Attempts to treat heroin addiction have proved difficult due to the extreme addictive qualities of the drug.
McDuffie, Angie K
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