US State Battling Drug Addiction Crisis

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UPDATE 2-US FDA chief defends new pain drug despite worries about abuse
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, whose state has been particularly hard-hit by prescription drug abuse, earlier this week called on U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to overturn the FDA's approval. "Americans are abusing, and (in) …
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US Attorney General addresses heroin, prescription drug problem
For years, La Crosse law enforcement have been talking about the growing heroin problem in our community. Monday, the country's top law enforcement officer says the problem is growing on a national scale.
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Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on …
From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and federal officials …
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