Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths Skyrocket Among US Women – CDC
Prescription drug overdose deaths skyrocket among US women – CDC
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Frieden said the spike means more women since 2007 have died from drug overdoses than car accidents, and four times as many women died from prescription painkiller abuse than cocaine and heroin combined. In 2010, four times as many … "Health care …
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New law offers protection to those reporting overdoses
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The new law is named after John Perkins Jr. who died of a heroin overdose in 2011, and Kristin Jackson, who died of a prescription drug overdose in 2012 when her friends were afraid to call for help. Illegal drug use has been a growing issue in …
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Apologetic armed robber jailed over hold-ups of Adelaide businesses
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Judge Rauf Soulio said Kane stole to pay off significant debts incurred due to drug addiction. "The genesis of your present offending lies in your longstanding addiction to heroin," he said. "At the time of the robberies you had accrued significant …
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A sister suffers, an artist is born
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What is that? A: It's a high school-to-college bridge program for teen mothers who have been trapped in the juvenile justice system due to the generational effects of drug addiction, alcoholism and poverty. Our students come from homelessness, foster …
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