Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment

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National statistics show 16,000 overdose deaths a year from prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Oxycodone and Vicodin, and the number of people dying from heroin abuse could top 10,000. Those painkillers, although potentially addictive, are …
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Opiate-use report details staggering statistics in NJ

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Even if the report highlighted staggering statistics like a nearly 700 percent increase in treatment admissions for prescription drug abuse the last decade, or that heroin here in New Jersey is 65 percent stronger than in New England. Now Boxman has …
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TAKE 5: Lee County combats drug abuse problem with Project Lazarus

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Clinical training will focus on providing guidance to clinicians and prescribers on the treatment of chronic pain and proper application of an overdose antidote. Awareness of unintentional poisonings and chronic pain issues … Lee County Health …
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