Advocates push to expand use of medications to treat addiction [USAToday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 7/10/154:00 AM

Kimberly Bussey became addicted to painkillers with her first dose.

She had miscarried a baby, a loss that left her suffering physically and emotionally. When she returned from the hospital, her boyfriend offered her morphine that he bought on the street.

"The medications don't just take away the pain," Bussey said. "They make you feel really, really good."

Within a year, Bussey had lost her job, her car and her house. Worst of all, the single mother also lost custody of her 5-year-old son. When Bussey couldn't afford pills, she turned to heroin.

She tried repeatedly to get help, going to detox more than a dozen times over three years.

[For more of this story, written by Liz Szabo, go to http://www.usatoday.com/story/...ent-debate/29819285/]

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