Investigators Trying to Determine What's Causing Recent Surge of Heroin …

Published July 13, 2013

Investigators trying to determine what's causing recent surge of heroin …

Filed under: effects of crack addiction

"What used to take us 2 mg of a drug called Narcan — Narcan reverses the effects of opiates — is now taking us six, eight, 10 or 12 mgs." Detective Rich Burkhardt said the drug of choice in Hamilton used to be crack, but things have changed … Read more on WCPO

Wellington researchers hunt for habit breaker

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Researchers hope they can unlock versions of the psychotropic salvinorin A molecule that have no side-effects in treating addiction. At present … The long-term research is in its infancy and researchers do not know how long it will take to crack the … Read more on Stuff.co.nz