N.Y. Heroin Surge Spills Into Pike County

Published January 16, 2013

N.Y. heroin surge spills into Pike County
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"Heroin seems to be the illicit drug of choice," said Alice Smith of Restorative Management, a drug treatment center in Port Jervis. The reason for the increase, say law enforcement officials, local drug abuse specialists and community activists, is a …
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FDA Weighs In on Pain Drugs
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The agency promised to “take a flexible, adaptive approach” to evaluating and labeling treatments with the potential for opioid abuse. “Our goal here is to encourage the development of abuse-deterrent formulations that work to reduce abuse in the real …
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Epidemic of Painkiller Addiction Strikes Newborns
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In a phenomenon that reminds some experts of the crack-baby epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s, hospitals across the country are reporting a startling increase in the number of babies born addicted to opioid painkillers like Oxycontin (oxycodone). In 2009 …
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