Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use

Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
said the connection between prescription drugs and heroin “was not on the radar screen” during most of Obama’s first term and that he “didn’t do everything I should have” to raise awareness of the growing heroin problem. Now …
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Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual
The Times offers a very simplistic analysis of America’s drug dependence. As an emergency room physician, I see many chronic-pain patients who “run out” of their allotted opiates and then run to an emergency room. I am sometimes threatened with …
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Sen. Markey to discuss drug abuse crisis in Mass.
HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is planning to join Congressman Richard Neal and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss heroin and prescription drug abuse in western Massachusetts. Markey is planning to speak on what he’s calling …
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Drug Abuse in the Mountain State
Fatal overdoses and serious drug abuse continue to be on the rise across the state, so is there enough being done to help combat The War On Drugs? Prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic and the effects can be serious and dangerous. Not only …
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Fighting prescription drug abuse among wounded soldiers uneven, report says
More than 150 Michigan Army National Guard soldiers of the 144th Military Police Company return home from Afghanistan on Jan. 23 at Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. A Pentagon report issued Friday called for uniform standards in monitoring …
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