Heroin: Small Cities, Even Rural Towns Face Growing Problems

Published January 27, 2013

Heroin: Small cities, even rural towns face growing problems

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Heroin's rising popularity reflects what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year described as an “epidemic” of overdoses from prescription drugs, especially painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin. Users often … Patty DiRenzo of …
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'These people are murderers': The drug network behind a deadly outbreak (Part 2)

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But it took a whole pain-treatment network to make so many people sick. "These people are murderers." Anita Baxter is pissed. She keeps it under wraps, because she's got … In fact, because compounding centers are only allowed to fill individual …
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Addiction treatment system implementation moving forward, committee told

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Peter Shumlin approved legislation last year to create a regional system for opioid addiction treatment. On Tuesday, Deputy Health Commissioner Barbara Cimaglio, who oversees the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, provided the House …
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