Yarmouth, Barnstable Police Warn Against Prescription for Addiction

Published April 18, 2014

Yarmouth, Barnstable police warn against prescription for addiction
Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency last month in response to a dramatic rise in drug overdoses in Massachusetts, he targeted the abuse of not just the illegal substance heroin, but other opiates like oxycodone and fentanyl, often obtained …
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Surrey woman sentenced for cashing altered cheques as front person for welfare …
According to Crown prosecutor Jim Bird, Geick, who has a drug problem, got involved with the people running the fraud ring and became a front person in 2011. The scheme involved taking welfare cheques — particularly crisis welfare cheques issued in …
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