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Is Heroin Addiction as Close as Your Medicine Cabinet? – 6abc.com

Is heroin addiction as close as your medicine cabinet? – 6abc.com

Is heroin addiction as close as your medicine cabinet?
6abc.com
December 19, 2013 (WPVI) — An Action News investigation uncovers an alarming revelation about opiate addiction, and the connection between heroin use and prescriptions medications many of us use every day. The scourge of heroin continues to spread 

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Program targets heroin abuse – Charlotte Observer

Program targets heroin abuse
Charlotte Observer
In June, King helped launch a pilot program in the South Division to target heroin use. The program recently expanded to include the entire county. “It's not just targeting offenders and trying to arrest them,” said Wilson. “We're working with

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Bill aims to boost treatment for heroin addicts, prison time for dealers – Lexington Herald Leader


Lexington Herald Leader

Bill aims to boost treatment for heroin addicts, prison time for dealers
Lexington Herald Leader
FRANKFORT — Drug addicts could get better access to treatment and drug traffickers could face longer prison sentences under a bill that will have bipartisan support in the 2014 General Assembly, which starts next month. Sen. Katie Stine, R-Southgate
Lawmakers, families seek to end heroin abuseCincinnati.com
Proposal Seeks To Curb Heroin Abuse In Ky.LEX18 Lexington KY News
Legislation Would Create Tougher Penalties For Heroin Use, TradeWKMS

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Stine bill to deal with heroin traffickers, users – Cincinnati.com

Stine bill to deal with heroin traffickers, users
Cincinnati.com
FRANKFORT — With the family of victims of heroin from Northern Kentucky in attendance, a Republican state senator, a Democratic state representative and the Kentucky attorney general on Thursday presented their plan to stem heroin overdoses.

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BC patients still waiting for controversial prescription heroin – The Globe and Mail

BC patients still waiting for controversial prescription heroin
The Globe and Mail
Twenty-one hard-to-treat addicts won a lottery of sorts when they were given approval this fall to receive prescription heroin to help manage their dependencies – a treatment available in other countries but new to Canada. However, the federal

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