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Doctors Continue Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse

Doctors continue fight against prescription drug abuse
When patients can no longer get their medication, they often turn to heroin, said OPG. Medication can … Withdrawal symptoms are similar to extreme flu symptoms and include vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, abdominal cramps, insomnia and muscle aches …
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Narcan: Should Law Enforcement Carry The "Opiate Antidote"?
“In my opinion, if I have somebody that is a suspected opiate overdose, the thing that's going to kill them is the respiratory depression, and it's easy just to ventilate the patient and let the drug metabolize,” said Dr. Greenfield. Heroin or any …
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The five point plan to battle heroin: Increase funding for addiction treatment beyond the Obama administration's level of $ 1.8 billion. Increase federal support for a law enforcement crackdown on heroin trafficking Increase funding to prevent heroin and prescription drug abuse Promote community collaboration among social agencies Increase availability of Naloxone, a heroin overdose drugs that …
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NJ Panel Issues Recommendations To Combat ‘Skyrocketing’ Heroin Use
The Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse says the use of heroin and prescription opiates in New Jersey is "skyrocketing."
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Nozzolio, Seward to serve on heroin and opioid addiction task force
Two Cayuga County state senators were named to a panel Monday that will develop a legislative plan to address heroin and opioid addiction. 
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Anti-Heroin Bill Awaits Action in House

Anti-heroin bill awaits action in House
According to the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, addicts have increasingly turned to heroin in the past three years as the state has cracked down on “pill mills” — passing sweeping legislation in 2012 — and pharmaceutical companies have made …
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Pa. Legislature considers bill to combat rising heroin overdoses
With heroin-related overdoses on the rise in parts of Pennsylvania, state lawmakers moved Tuesday to give drug users, first responders and families tools to prevent more deaths. A House Human Services Committee unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that …
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Prescription drug abuse an all-too-familiar story
Every 25 minutes someone in the U.S. dies from an overdose, and prescription drugs are the most commonly abused substances after marijuana and alcohol, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Colts owner Jim Irsay has admitted prescription …
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Aptos Forum Details Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse

Aptos forum details dangers of prescription drug abuse
Other kids start taking narcotics found in their parents' medicine chests, or accept a pill offered at a party by another teen. Narcotics such as Oxcontin, Oxycodone, … Dependency can happen in a relatively short time, and once that occurs users need …
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Lawmakers warn of growing heroin problem
"I became a prisoner to the drugs, I had then developed a tolerance to pills and addiction is expensive," McHale added. "It was then suggested that I try heroin, a cheaper and more potent drug, … Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, D–Brooklyn, said …
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Treatment Deficit

Treatment deficit
After years of large increases in heroin-related deaths and more than a decade of exponential rises in the use of prescription painkillers, Ohio's opioid epidemic has grabbed the attention of state government. Among the public … Drugs such as …
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Doctor crusades against heroin
… addicted to heroin. That night, a 23-year-old woman called and said she needed help because she was in withdrawal. … The area has a history of prescription drug abuse, has a significant number of poor or working-class white people who are the …
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Sen. Markey to Discuss Drug Abuse Crisis in Mass.

Sen. Markey to discuss drug abuse crisis in Mass.
HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is planning to join Congressman Richard Neal and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss heroin and prescription drug abuse in western Massachusetts.        
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