Kentuckiana Faces Rising Problem of Drug Abuse and Addiction
Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
According to a recent report by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), overdose deaths due to heroin rose 207 percent between 2011 and 2012. According to the report, …. “Even if it's just anxiety or depression, things as simple …
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Is FDA's Margaret Hamburg, MD Contributing to the U.S. Heroin and Opioid …
Abbott Laboratories promoted OxyContin, or "hillbilly heroin" to anesthesiologists, surgeons, emergency physicians and pain management teams in hospitals and surgery centers throughout the country beginning in 1996 — while Purdue Pharma marketed …
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Heroin epidemic younger, whiter
As the meeting starts, every chair is taken. This meeting of Heroin Anonymous, a fast-growing group in Toledo that formed this year, provides a snapshot of the city's and state's opioid and heroin epidemic. … As their tolerance for the drug rises …
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