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Pregnant Heroin Addict Says ‘I’d Rather Feed My Drug Habit Than My Unborn Child’

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27-year-old homeless and pregnant heroin addict, Niki, admits to prostituting herself to support her drug habit. Cameras document a day in the life of Niki and her boyfriend, Jessey. http://drphil.com Subscribe to Dr. Phil: http://bitly.com/SubscribeDrPhil LIKE us on Facebook: http://bitly.com/DrPhilFacebook Follow us on Twitter: http://bitly.com/DrPhilTwitter Dr. Phil uses the power of television to tell compelling stories about real people.

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Prescription pain pills cost $20 to $60, while heroin costs $3 to $10 a bag.   Costs of Treatment

The average cost for 1 full year of methadone maintenance treatment is approximately $4,700 per patient, where 1 full year of costs approximately $24,000 per person.

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Impaired judgment

False sense of affection

Confusion

Sleep problems

Paranoia

Drug cravings

Muscle tension

Blurred vision

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Brian damage

Depression, anxiety, memory loss

Kidney failure

Hemorrhaging

Cardiovascular collapse

Psychosis

Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings

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Warm flushing of the skin

Dry mouth

Heavy extremities

experiences a wakeful and drowsy state

nausea

Respiratory depression

Shallow breathing

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1.6 percent of all Americans have tried heroin. This equals to about 4.2 million people.
http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com

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Medications- can be helpful in this detoxification stage to ease craving and other physical symptoms (Methadone, Buprenorphine, Naltrexone)

Behavioral therapies

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Inject

Smoke

Snort

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Brown sugar

China white

Dope

Skag

Skunk

Smack

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Heroin is a opioid drug made from morphine, taken from a seed pod of the Asian poppy plant
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