Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Surpass 'street' Drugs

Prescription painkiller overdoses surpass 'street' drugs

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Across the country, health experts are battling a growing prescription drug epidemic that is killing almost 15,000 people a year – more fatalities than from heroin and cocaine overdoses combined. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports and addiction specialist Dr.
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Rethink Strategy On Fighting Substance Abuse

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Last Thursday, police in Gisagara District reportedly arrested 12 suspects and seized 2,000 litres of illicit brew as well as cannabis. This is part of an ongoing onslaught on the use of narcotics and illicit liquor countrywide. Government has …
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New Laws Covering Workers, Contractors and MaineCare Recipients go Into Effect

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"Anybody would have to be living in a cave the last 10 years not to understand that we have an epidemic of prescription drug abuse. This proposal is one reaction to that," Smith ways. Our patient will be able to get two renewals authorized. If they …
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From Pot to Protest to the Pro-Choice Base: 10 Great Things About 2012

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… leaders including Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy, former President Bill Clinton and President Obama have hinted that they will reconsider the harsh criminal drug policy that has cost so much money and so many lives while failing to curb drug …
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