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Killing Pain

Killing pain
As this public-health crisis shifts from prescription painkillers such as Vicodin, Percocet, and OxyContin to heroin, Ohio will need sweeping education efforts aimed at physicians, patients, and the public, as well as treatment programs for those who …
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Hooked Anew: The Rising Heroin Epidemic
These receptors are located in the brain stem that controls automatic processes vital for life such as blood pressure, arousal and respiration—posing a significant risk to these systems when heroin enters the bloodstream. “When everything really …
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Charleston-area heroin use trending upward?
… Row area of Los Angeles. In 2009, North Charleston Police seized 2,000 wax paper baggies containing about $ 200,000 worth of heroin from a secret compartment beneath the center console inside a Pontiac Grand Prix. … Tests showed high …
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