Sentences with phrase «one's heroin»

Having come from a background of heroin addiction with little schooling and no qualifications, I had significant concerns as to whether or not I would be able to complete a degree in theology.

The plan calls for a supervised injection site for heroin addicts.

We face a growing pain killer and heroin epidemic in our country.

«I went through 11 years of heroin addiction,» she says.

They find him there dead, the victim of a suspected heroin overdose.

I had the experience of watching a friend over dose on heroin and die, and the great irony was he truly never seemed happier than seconds before his death.

In a few years, people could be using modified yeast to make drugs such as heroin and cocaine as easily as brewing beer.

The final two points of the proposal deal with treatment, including mandatory in - patient treatment for heroin.

He's been sober from heroin addiction for about a year.

The drug often is implicated in clusters of overdose deaths when it is mixed with heroin and users do not realize what they are taking is more powerful than usual.

For upstate lawmakers, there's scrutiny on how the state will continue to combat heroin and opioid addiction.

Also, drugs like heroin and cocaine ought to be avoided as they can pass through the mother's breast milk and harm the baby.

The state has had a spike in heroin abuse cases over the past decade.

The report authors point the finger directly at shared needle use between heroin users and identified which states — and policies — are keeping the infections in check.

For the past two weeks, an executive panel has been holding a series of listening sessions across the state designed to find solutions for the state's heroin crisis.

The governor says he wants to work on fighting heroin addiction, and has set up a task force which includes several of his agency heads and addiction specialists and treatment centers.

The new rules are part of a broader effort by the state to address heroin and opioid addiction.

On a city bus, the man next to him set about to inject heroin into his arm.

There are, of course, cases where suspended sentences were imposed for cocaine and heroin trafficking based in the doctrine of exceptional circumstances.

The study did not include heroin use, which is also a leading cause of drug overdose and parental neglect.

The governor has previously said that he expects a legislative package to address the state's opioid and heroin problem to become law before session concludes next week.

Since then, its price has fallen further, its purity has risen — and, lately, the number of heroin deaths is rising sharply everywhere.

But as a means for empathy and a way to understanding the human cost at each step of an international heroin trade, it does far more than hollow words and shallow promises.

Should it be a crime to sell heroin to 5 - year - olds?

If you find liquor, that may strike you differently than if you find heroin.

The state budget is likely to see increased funding for addiction services as state officials seek to combat the state's growing heroin epidemic.

But you can shoot heroin when the pills run out, and it will save you money.

Maybe this explains what those of us who don't shoot heroin are really missing.

Suppose you discover that your teenager has made heroin a drug of choice.

Our state had a 14 - year - old fatal heroin dose last week.

Everyone starts at the same point, and if you choose to buy heroin with your basic income, it's no one's fault but your own.

All four candidates said they would consider supporting supervised injection facilities where heroin addicts could use the drugs under the supervision of medical professionals.

When drug tests were introduced in 1996, the first effect was to reduce cannabis use and increase heroin use.

After returning from their spring vacation earlier this month, lawmakers announced plans to curb heroin and opioid use.

But he did join us earlier in the day to talk about his new heroin and opioid addiction task force.

Thanks for making this «out of touch» grandma a gift giving heroin!

The drug reduced self - administered heroin taking in the rats.

Kind of like quitting heroin and switching to cocaine, either a bad deal.

He's working to keep our community safe, to grow our local economy, and to combat the devastating heroin and synthetic drug epidemic.

Can't live without its black tar heroin called the oil world?

The two met in early 1977 and quickly formed a very destructive relationship, based largely around heroin.

We knew we were lying about the relationship between heroin and crime.

The detective was there to purchase heroin from another suspect, but did not make the purchase.

The BC Liberal Government has kept an open mind in trying to find the best policy solutions, including prescription heroin.