Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
LePage will reportedly reject a bill increasing access to a lifesaving anti-overdose drug out of the absurd idea that its increased availability will lead to a spike in heroin use. State Rep. Sara Gideon is the main sponsor of the legislation …
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Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
Around 30 individuals meet every Thursday night in Lafayette in order to gain support and healing in battling an addiction. Ironically, some of these people initially contracted their illness from someone they went to for help: their doctor. Narcotics …
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Data shows prescription drug abuse problem
NORMAN — Oklahoma pharmacies filled nearly 10 million prescriptions for narcotic painkillers and other controlled dangerous substances last year, according to newly obtained state data. Those prescriptions — an average of 68 per patient, including …
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Judge: Drug abuse cases are turning courts into emergency rooms
BOSTON – In 2012, the district courts in … grim stories from court officials and drug treatment specialists. “(I see) kids that are terribly bright, but they’re not going to make it,” Plymouth District Court Judge Rosemary Minehan …
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Walsh announces new initiative against substance abuse
To combat rising substance abuse and reduce overdoses in Boston, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a programTuesday involving community-based workshops to make treatment more accessible. Massachusetts officials have been fighting the …
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