94
Heroin Addiction
Thomson, Scott, 24
treatment, 20
barriers to, 53–54
gap in need for vs. availability
of, 59,
61
vs. punishment of heroin
addicts, opinion on, 65–66,
74
relapse following, 19–20, 51
of withdrawal symptoms, 51,
60
Treatment Research Institute, 53
Tron, Gina, 27
University of Rochester Medical
Center, 39
Vermont, heroin crisis in, 26–27
Vicodin (hydrocodone), 15, 23
Volkow, Nora D., 20, 31, 35, 57,
7
Walsh, Edward, 27
Washington State Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Institute, 48
Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, 23–24
Wisconsin Department of Justice,
33
withdrawal, 11, 38, 43
fear of, as barrier to treatment,
61
medications easing pain of, 51,
60
sudden, dangers of, 47
Witt, Pam, 67
World Health Organization
(WHO), 45
