NJSCI Report: Illicit Medical Practices Fueling Prescription Drug & Heroin

NJSCI report: Illicit medical practices fueling prescription drug & heroin

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TRENTON – A new state report finds illicit medical practices are fueling prescription drug and heroin abuse in New Jersey. The NJ State Commission of Investigation (NJSCI) report says underground drug operations are taking place in parking lots …
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What's happening today in the north valley

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Weekly. Pills Anonymous: 4-5 p.m. Program of recovery based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous recognizing prescription drug addiction; cross-addicted and multiple-substance addicted attendees welcome. Congregational Church, 1190 E. First Ave.
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CDC Director Critical of Doctors' Widespread Painkiller Prescribing

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But “prescribing an opiate may be condemning a patient to lifelong addiction and life-threatening complications,” he added. In 2011, the CDC declared the problem of drug overdoses as a national epidemic. As this epidemic of prescription drug addiction …
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Heart disease and prescription drug abuse are leading causes of death in

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NORMAN — Heart disease and prescription drug abuse are growing causes of death in the U.S. and especially in Oklahoma, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a lecture Thursday in Oklahoma City. CDC Director Dr.
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