FOX DC Interviews Phoenix House About Heroin Addiction


 

FOX DC Interviews Phoenix House About Heroin Addiction – Bill Prasad, Clinical Supervisor with Phoenix Houses of the Mid-Atlantic, talked with FOX DC about the growing problem of heroin addiction.

 

Abuse of painkillers raises risk of heroin use, study finds
The number of Americans who reported that they used heroin in the past 12 months rose from 373,000 in 2007 to 620,000 in 2011. During the same period, the number of people who reported heroin addiction in the past 12 months increased from 179,000 to …
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Heroin addiction hits home
But, in December 2012, she received a call from police that her son had been arrested with 60 bags of heroin. She tried to help her son with his addiction and legal problems, but 17 weeks ago he left the house without notice and she hasn't seen him since.
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