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Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Drug Take-Back Day Aims To Stem Abuse Massachusetts officials promote drug take-back day |
HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths – WTAQ
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HOPE laws to help fight drug addiction, crime, deaths
WTAQ (WSAU) — Several new laws were signed Monday designed to help people with opiate abuse and addition. Governor Scott Walker signed seven bills that were part of the Heroin Opiate Prevention and Education (H.O.P.E.) legislative package during stops in … New heroin laws lauded by Dodge County DA Gov. Scott Walker signs legislation aimed at quicker response, treatment for … Walker signs package of anti-heroin bills |
Fast Facts About Some Obstacles to Heroin Sobriety
Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety
As the number of heroin users in the U.S. rises, more addicts are seeking help but running into barriers that block them from treatment, including lack of beds in packed facilities, high costs for care and unwillingness on the part of insurance …
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Rx Pills Treating Common-Day Ills: Novus Medical Detox Addresses Prescription …
Novus Medical Detox, one of the only Florida-based detox centers serving high-dosage drug abuse patients, says that the statistics further evidence America's reliance on prescription drugs as a cure-all for common ailments, a likely influence on the …
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Walker signs bills aimed at quicker response to heroin scourge
It also provides legal immunity for anyone who reports an overdose, creates regional opiate treatment centers and allows municipal prescription drug collection drives. The new laws also require identification to obtain opiate prescriptions and create …
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Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Drug Take-Back Day Aims To Stem Abuse Massachusetts officials promote drug take-back day |
Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for … – MassLive.com
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Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for …
MassLive.com Since the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in early February, the national spotlight on heroin and opioid drug abuse has grown hotter. Locally, state and local officials are talking openly about addiction in communities where residents and law … |
At 21 Cody Lewis, a Recovering Heroin Addict, Starts Over
At 21 Cody Lewis, a Recovering Heroin Addict, Starts Over
He is in his 20s, lives in the suburbs — two traits that fit a growing number of users — and graduated to heroin after years of getting high with other drugs. When Lewis snorted his first line at age 18, he'd already used almost every imaginable drug …
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Overdosed: Addicts easily game a system with fraudulent prescriptions/Video
Jonathan Whitkin, 32, a recovering prescription drug addict who for years gamed the system by creating fake prescriptions he used at drug stores around Rhode Island and Massachusetts. By Lynn Arditi. Lynn Arditi Providence Journal. Journal staff writer.
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Heroin addicts face barriers to recovery
Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a …
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Massachusetts Officials Promote Drug Take-Back Day
Massachusetts officials promote drug take-back day
BOSTON (AP) — Mayor Martin J. Walsh and members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation urged residents Monday to take part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day later this month. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Boston Officials Announce Prescription Drug Take-Back Program to Combat Drug … – MassLive.com
Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug … – MassLive.com
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Boston officials announce prescription drug take-back program to combat drug …
MassLive.com Senator Ed Markey and Senator Elizabeth Warren flank Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh during a press conference on April 7, 2014 on prescription drug abuse at Boston City Hall. (Garrett Quinn, MassLive). Print · Garrett Quinn | [email protected] By … Mass. to hold prescription 'Take Back Day' to curb abuse Drug Take-Back Day Aims To Stem Abuse Massachusetts officials promote drug take-back day |
Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for … – MassLive.com
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Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for …
MassLive.com Since the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in early February, the national spotlight on heroin and opioid drug abuse has grown hotter. Locally, state and local officials are talking openly about addiction in communities where residents and law … |