Letters: Drug abuse starts with the individual

Published March 8, 2014

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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Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
Moreover, these officials defended their fight against prescription-drug abuse, saying those efforts prevented … which dispatched anti-drug agents and encouraged state monitoring programs that detect suspicious prescriptions.
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Sen. Markey To Discuss Drug Abuse Crisis In Mass.
HOLYOKE, Mass. — 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 the drug …
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Students urged to break silence on drug abuse
Ron Putnam, whose 21-year-old daughter died of an accidental heroin overdose two years ago, urged West Salem High School students Thursday to speak up if they suspect their peers are abusing drugs. “I know you all think you're young and strong and …
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