92
Heroin Addiction
fentanyl, 48
Fitzgerald, David, 54–55
Flannery, Mary Ellen, 67–68
Fly Effect campaign, 68–69
Foundation for a Drug-Free
World, 18
Gaba, Sherry, 30, 43
gateway drugs, 8, 15–16
Godfrey, Wayne, 26
Goldberg, Raymond, 29, 42, 56
Hall-Flavin, David, 33
Hart, Carl L., 18–19, 29, 43, 72
health risks, 9, 18, 42
abscesses as, 35–36
of heroin abuse during
pregnancy, 39, 48
of heroin overdose, 39–41, 43
liver disease and, 36–37
long- vs
.
short-term,
46
of mixing heroin with other
substances, 18–19
hepatitis C, 37–38, 45, 48
heroin
and dangers of mixing with
other substances, 18–19
identifying overdose of, 39–40
long- vs
.
short-term health risks
of,
46
number of Americans using/
dependent on,
32
number of southwest border
seizures of,
34
numbers addicted to, 41
percentage of first-time users
of, previously abusing
prescription painkillers,
33
psychological risks of using, 43
warning signs of abuse of, 8
See also
health risks
Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 49–51
Holder, Eric, 10, 32, 65, 69
on heroin abuse as public health
crisis, 21–22
on heroin seizures along
southwest border, 73
Hroncich, John, 19
Hurd, Yasmin, 38–39
hydrocodone (Vicodin), 15
infective endocarditis, 18, 45
Institute for Substance Abuse
Treatment Evaluation, 32
JAMA Psychiatry
(journal), 22
Jones, Christopher M., 29
Kassels, Steven, 71, 73
Kerlikowske, Gil, 74
Krakower, Scott, 59
Krantz, Barbara, 52, 57
Lerner, Stephen, 70
mandatory minimum sentences,
66
March of Dimes, 39, 48
Maryland Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene, 46
methadone, 51,
60
number of patients using, 74
Michael’s House, 59
Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, 45, 46
Mitchell, Tracey Helton, 58, 71
Mnookin, Seth, 44, 58
Monteith, Cory, 13,
14,
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