Heroin use spreads to suburbs

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Beth Kane Davidson, director of the Addiction Treatment Center at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, said the difficulty and cost of obtaining prescription drugs makes them a gateway. "Once you get addicted to Oxycontin or Vicodin and you suddenly can't …
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Overprescribing of Opioids Impacts Patient Safety and Public Health

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The article reveals there are clear correlations between national trends for prescription opioid sales, admissions for substance abuse treatment, and deaths. It also recommends that existing regulatory and enforcement measures to prevent nonmedical use …
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Auto theft suspect with long history of addiction, theft sent to long-term …

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SANTA CRUZ – A 28-year-old man with a long history of drug addiction and theft offenses was sentenced Tuesday to a two-year residential treatment program and told that he has a prison sentence waiting in the wings if he fails to shake his "raging …
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