Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
WASHINGTON — From the beginning, the U.S. government’s decade-long crackdown on abuse of prescription drugs has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use.
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I wish to find drug rehabs in Medford, New York. How will I do this?
Question by beatriz s: I wish to find drug rehabs in Medford, New York. How will I do this?
I don’t live there, but my sister does. It surprised me to know that she’s drug addicted now. I never thought that kind of thing would happen to her, of all… Continue reading
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
Fight against prescription drug abuse leads to rise in heroin use
Heroin kills about 3,000 people a year, less than a fifth of the toll from prescription-drug abuse, government data show. Joseph Rannazzisi, who runs the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Diversion Control, denied that the spike in …
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REP. FIOLA: Drug abuse should not be fought alone
REP. FIOLA: Drug abuse should not be fought alone
Substance abuse is not just a Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton or Boston problem. Substance abuse knows no property boundaries and is present throughout all our cities and suburbs. It is a problem for rich and poor alike, professional and blue… Continue reading