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Flesh-Eating Drug Could See Walking Dead Prowl Irish Streets

Flesh-eating drug could see walking dead prowl Irish streets
As a result, hospitals here and in the U.K. were treating a growing number of heroin users who had overdosed on substances mixed with other ingredients. Dealers upped the price and cut smaller amounts with bulking agents, like talcum power, in an …
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Video: With use on the rise, St. Luke's tackles heroin head on
That the cost and availability of heroin make it more enticing than ever before. That gateway drugs like alcohol, marijuana and prescription opiates like OxyContin double and triple the chance of heroin use. … as oxycodone,” Dr. Eric Collins …
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STEVE DAMISH: An epidemic of inaction led to overdose crisis
For starters, what will the governor and the state do – right now – to discover and then stop the source of this lethal heroin? State officials told us recently the system of testing and tracking this killer drug is bogged down for weeks. That's …
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