Update: With Heroin, `Nobody Is Safe’ – Daily Local News

Update: With heroin, `Nobody is safe’ – Daily Local News


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Update: With heroin, `Nobody is safe'
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“One clear trend from these statistics is that prescription drug abuse is a gateway to a heroin overdose,” Hogan said. “People start by using prescription drugs like Oxycodone, then switch to heroin because it is cheaper and easier to obtain. We need
Chester County releases heroin overdose statsPhilly.com
Statistics show heroin overdose claimed 24 in Chesco last yearMain Line
DA releases chilling statistics on heroin deathsThe Unionville Times

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FDA chief defends new pain drug despite worries about abuse – Reuters


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FDA chief defends new pain drug despite worries about abuse
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"Americans are abusing, and (in) many cases dying, at an alarming rate from highly addictive pain medicine, and it is shameful that the FDA would ignore its own experts to approve this drug," Manchin said in a statement after the hearing. He later
OxyContin maker plans abuse-resistant hydrocodone drugThe Spokesman Review
Maker of OxyContin developing tamper-resistant hydrocodone drugWashington Post
FDA chief defends approval of hydrocodone drugBoston Herald

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Mississippi will begin drug testing TANF recipients – Washington Post (blog)


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Mississippi will begin drug testing TANF recipients
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Applicants deemed at risk of substance abuse would then be required to take a drug test. Testing positive once would require a TANF recipient to undergo treatment for substance abuse; testing positive a second time would get a recipient booted from the 
TANF drug testing bill on way to BryantJackson Clarion Ledger

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