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Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria. more

4/23/10

Methadone is dispensed in precise doses from a computer-controlled machine resembling a cappuccino maker. NASA uses a similar machine to dispense liquids for space travel.

Methadone maintenance as a way of life

They line up every day inside an off-white office resembling a trailer across the street from the Long Beach Medical Center: two neat rows of average-looking people, waiting patiently, as if they are there to buy a cup of coffee from the local deli. But they are there to save their lives. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/14/10

The Long Beach Medical Center runs both a drug detoxification unit and a methadone maintenance clinic to help patients kick addictions to heroin and other drugs. Above are, from left, Dr. Sidney Hughes, the detox unit's medical director, nurse Lori Bochner, nurse Taranjeet Singh and Daniel Balzano, a unit support aide.

From painkillers to heroin addiction

Part three of an ongoing Herald series on heroin addiction. Mary dressed in a well-worn sweater and jeans for her interview in a conference room overlooking the bay at Long … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/2/10

Long Beach letters

Police contract should consider our children To the Editor: As the City of Long Beach negotiates a new police contract, it must be mindful not only of the short-term financial obligations … more

4/1/10

Holly Prussman, a 2008 graduate of Long Beach High School, died in her bedroom on Jan. 12 after she overdosed on heroin.

Long Beach parents talk about daughter’s heroin addiction, overdose

The beach had a significant role in Holly Prussman’s life — and death. When she was a girl, Holly enjoyed playing on Roosevelt Boulevard beach, and she developed into a top Long Island … more

Joseph Kellard | 3/31/10

Drug awareness forum at LBHS

The Long Beach Police Department will host a drug awareness forum at the Long Beach High School, at 322 Lagoon Dr. West in Lido Beach, at 7:30 p.m on March 10. Charlie Bernard, a DEA … more

3/4/10

Long Beach letters

The PBA is keeping good faith To the Editor: Regarding Joseph Marron’s letter “Police officers should give back” (Feb. 25-March 3), the Long Beach Police Benevolent Association is … more

3/4/10

Long Beach letters

What more can we do? To the Editor: We wish to thank Joe Kellard and the Herald for the informative front-page article “Another heroin death” in the Jan. 28-Feb. 3 issue. We have been … more

2/4/10

Tom, a recovering heroin addict, meets with Art Rosenthal, left, executive director of the Confide drug-treatment center in Rockville Centre.

Heroin: The road to Hell

Heroin had coursed through Joe's veins for more than 12 months when he arrived at the St. John's University training camp as a freshman attacker on the powerhouse Red Storm lacrosse team. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/3/10

Courtesy LBMC Supervisor Kristen Snipp with drawings created by clients in art therapy at the Chemical Dependence Unit at Long Beach Medical Center.

Another heroin death

While no one may be dealing heroin in Long Beach, some local people are overdosing on the drug. “Our intelligence tells us that to get heroin, you have to go outside Long Beach,” said … more

JOSEPH KELLARD | 1/27/10

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