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Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Since the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the press has refocused the spotlight on the crisis of heroin addiction. The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin… Continue reading

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
State Rep. Sara Gideon is the main sponsor of the legislation, which would place the drug naloxone (sold under the name Narcan) in the hands of police, firefighters, drug users and their families. “His main objection is his belief–and… Continue reading

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People

Maine Governor’s Backwards Ideas on Drug Abuse Will Kill More People
Since the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the press has refocused the spotlight on the crisis of heroin addiction. The New York Times published a feature highlighting all the “no-names who passed away” from heroin use, and recovering heroin… Continue reading

Vermont Faces Opiate Drug Abuse Crisis

Vermont faces opiate drug abuse crisis
About 4,000 Vermonters are in drug treatment for opiates, such as Oxycontin and heroin … says she’s now clean and working at the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. “In my addiction, I kept so many secrets, and I don’t have to do that anymore,” she… Continue reading

Heroin Epidemic Eclipses Prescription Drug Abuse in Front Royal – Northern Virginia Daily

Heroin epidemic eclipses prescription drug abuse in Front Royal – Northern Virginia Daily

Heroin epidemic eclipses prescription drug abuse in Front Royal
Northern Virginia Daily
Heroin replaced abuse of prescription pills as the most serious drug problem confronting law enforcement in Front Royal, according to figures from 2013 released by… Continue reading

Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern Pennsylvania
There’s just an idea that we don’t ever have to be uncomfortable, and I think that’s a major reason drugs are a problem.” Addiction to prescription pills — mainly to narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone, sold as Percocet and other… Continue reading