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New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors to Drug Abuse – KYW Newsradio

New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors To Drug Abuse – KYW Newsradio


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New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors To Drug Abuse
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A new state report finds illicit medical practices run by unscrupulous entrepreneurs and corrupt physicians are fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse and distribution in New Jersey. The State Commission of Investigation
NJ report links corrupt doctors to drug abuseNorthJersey.com

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Dirty doctors, Russian mafia fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in NJ … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Dirty doctors, Russian mafia fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in NJ
Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com
TRENTON — The rapid rise of prescription drug and heroin abuse in New Jersey is being fueled by shady, black-market entrepreneurs and corrupt doctors, some of whom have ties to organized crime, the State Commission of Investigation said in a report 

Dirty Doctors, Russian Mafia Fueling Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse in NJ … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Dirty doctors, Russian mafia fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in NJ … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Dirty doctors, Russian mafia fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in NJ
Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com
TRENTON — The rapid rise of prescription drug and heroin abuse in New Jersey is being fueled by shady, black-market entrepreneurs and corrupt doctors, some of whom have ties to organized crime, the State Commission of Investigation said in a report 

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New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors To Drug Abuse – KYW Newsradio


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New Jersey Report Links Corrupt Doctors To Drug Abuse
KYW Newsradio
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A new state report finds illicit medical practices run by unscrupulous entrepreneurs and corrupt physicians are fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse and distribution in New Jersey. The State Commission of Investigation
Report Links Corrupt Doctors to Drug AbuseNBC 10 Philadelphia
NJ report links corrupt doctors to drug abuseThe Trentonian
New Report Exposes Corrupt Doctors Involved In Drug TradeNew Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

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WA Heroin Use, Deaths Up, Especially in Youth

WA heroin use, deaths up, especially in youth
Banta-Green found the largest increases in heroin use and abuse in Washington state were outside of metropolitan areas, where drug treatment and awareness are lowest. Overdose deaths from heroin or related prescription drugs more than doubled in … Read more on The Spokesman Review

Philip Seymour Hoffman Emerges from Heroin Abuse Treatment
The 45-year-old "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" actor quietly completed a 10-day stint in rehab to detox from heroin and prescription pill abuse, reports TMZ. He checked out of the East Coast facility on May 24 and has since reported to work on the … Read more on Yahoo! omg! (blog)

Heroin use spikes in young adults, UW report says
Because direct measurement of heroin use is difficult, Banta-Green compiled results from treatment programs, evidence tested by the state crime lab, overdose-death investigation records and information from law-enforcement sources. “We are hearing … Read more on The Seattle Times

ETSU Awarded $2.2 Million to Research Prescription Drug Abuse – Johnson City Press (Subscription)

ETSU awarded .2 million to research prescription drug abuse – Johnson City Press (subscription)


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ETSU awarded $ 2.2 million to research prescription drug abuse
Johnson City Press (subscription)
The $ 2,230,000 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will launch a five-year interprofessional research program. Drawing on investigators from the colleges of Public Health, Pharmacy and Medicine in the ETSU Academic Health Sciences Center,
State may ban synthetic, designer drugsCape Cod Today

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Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley
Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com
BRANCHBURG — From the medicine cabinet to a jail cell, abusing prescription drugs can lead individuals on a path to heroin addiction, according to a new documentary. The film maintains that people can help end that cycle by cleaning out their medicine

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Documentary on Prescription Drug Abuse to Be Screened at Raritan Valley … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley
Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com
BRANCHBURG — From the medicine cabinet to a jail cell, abusing prescription drugs can lead individuals on a path to heroin addiction, according to a new documentary. The film maintains that people can help end that cycle by cleaning out their medicine
Somerset County residents urged to properly dispose of prescription drugsNJ.com

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UW study: Heroin use on rise as other drug abuse declines – MyNorthwest.com

Documentary on Prescription Drug Abuse to Be Screened at Raritan Valley … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley … – Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com

Documentary on prescription drug abuse to be screened at Raritan Valley
Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com
BRANCHBURG — From the medicine cabinet to a jail cell, abusing prescription drugs can lead individuals on a path to heroin addiction, according to a new documentary. The film maintains that people can help end that cycle by cleaning out their medicine
Somerset County residents urged to properly dispose of prescription drugsNJ.com

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Drug Abuse – Google News

 

UW study: Heroin use on rise as other drug abuse declines – MyNorthwest.com