Bay Area Struggles With Access to Anti-Overdose Drug Naloxone – NBC Bay Area

Bay Area Struggles With Access to Anti-Overdose Drug Naloxone – NBC Bay Area


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Bay Area Struggles With Access to Anti-Overdose Drug Naloxone
NBC Bay Area
Phillip Coffin is director of Substance Use Research at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. He said the city and county began a partnership with the DOPE Project in 2001, preparing to pay for and distribute a drug touted as the “opioid

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And Then There’s The Truth: A San Francisco Pipe Dream – The Rolla Daily News

And Then There's The Truth: A San Francisco Pipe Dream
The Rolla Daily News
Similar to needle-exchange programs, that allow IV drug users to exchange used syringes for clean ones, this program is intended to combat the spread of HIV. But, unlike infected needles, crack pipes don't pierce the skin, so the chance of spreading

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Calif. lawmaker wants drug makers to pay for disposal sites – SFGate


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Calif. lawmaker wants drug makers to pay for disposal sites
SFGate
The legislation is attempting to curb problems such as prescription drug abuse and accidental poisonings by requiring drug manufacturers to create, carry out and pay for a statewide disposal program for unused and expired medications. The bill is in

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Darren Sharper case spotlights sleep drug’s dark side – W*USA 9


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Darren Sharper case spotlights sleep drug's dark side
W*USA 9
In one way Sharper is among a growing number of former football players who suffered head injuries on the field and later turned to zolpidem, sometimes to the point of addiction, to help with sleeplessness. Zolpidem is commonplace in the USA, ranking
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