"Heroin, Pain-Pill Addicts Face Lifelong Struggle"
Cases of people battling addiction for months and years only to return to drugs have mounted since 2010, as heroin-related deaths skyrocketed and claimed 230 lives in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. Harris Stratyner, PhD, associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said treatment programs are voluntary in most cases and many heroin users relapse, regardless of the circumstances. "There is certainly no cure for this disease," he said.
- Harris Stratyner, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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