Heroin Laced With Powerful Prescription Drug Fentanyl Causing Fatal Overdoses
Heroin laced with powerful prescription drug fentanyl causing fatal overdoses
"The dealers push this as being a super high, which it is, but it's also lethal," said Ellen Unterwald, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the Temple University School of Medicine. Users typically don't know how much fentanyl is …
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NM first state to prescribe anti-overdose drug
“There are obviously your addicts, and there's people that are trying to get off medications, in case they happen to relapse its important to have it for them as well.” Narcan can also be used to help save children who accidentally get into their …
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NC Attorney General announces student contest to combat prescription drug …
CHARLOTTE — North Carolina high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the N.C. Department of Justice. “Prescription drugs can be even …
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