by Keenen Diamond | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog, Drug Abuse
Dependence and heroin use has grown a lot over the last decade. Heroin used to be less prevalent, but now dependence is increasing across all age groups, regardless of income or socioeconomic status. Heroin use has doubled among those who used to have lower rates of...
by Keenen Diamond | Mar 20, 2019 | Addiction Treatment, Outpatient, Q&A
Heroin is highly addictive. An approach that is most effective is being inpatient at a rehab facility that helps focus treatment on recovery for the individual. Another approach is called an ‘intensive outpatient program,’ or IOP. This treatment approach involves...
by Keenen Diamond | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, Drug Abuse
A quick and flippant answer to the question “how does heroin work” might be “all too well”. Heroin and medical morphine have the same effect on a person’s brain and metabolism, and a person’s body converts both heroin and medical morphine into the same form of...
