Attorney general Eric Holder calls for wider use of heroin anti-overdose drug

Attorney general Eric Holder calls for wider use of heroin anti-overdose drug
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his agency was stepping up efforts to stem sharp increases in deadly heroin overdoses, trafficking in the drug and abuse of prescription narcotics at the root of what he called an "urgent public health crisis." As …
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Tool to track drug abusers is at risk
ADAM goes where serious substance abuse is concentrated — among those entangled with the criminal justice system, specifically arrestees in booking facilities. And it doesn't just ask "Please tell us about your illegal drug use, even though we are the …
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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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In US, an Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse


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