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Prescription abuse skyrocketing, leading to more heroin addicts, experts say – Contra Costa Times

Prescription abuse skyrocketing, leading to more heroin addicts, experts say – Contra Costa Times

Prescription abuse skyrocketing, leading to more heroin addicts, experts say
Contra Costa Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Prescription drug abuse in the Bay Area and nationwide… Continue reading

Airboat ride on the Scioto River 002

Airboat ride on the Scioto River 002 — From Main Street North Passing the boat dock at the Chillicothe city park.


Heroin overdose deaths hit record high in Ohio
Ohio is not alone in high numbers of heroin deaths. In… Continue reading

Outreach worker offers free testing and help to drug users

Outreach worker offers free testing and help to drug users
Jimmy Rhodes, a health outreach worker for the Humboldt County Department of Public Health, comes to Garberville on the first Wednesday of each month to offer free HIV and hepatitis… Continue reading

Drug addiction in Russia

Drug addiction in Russia


Shocking photographs of a two-year-old girl living with drug addict parents in
Shocking photographs of a two-year-old girl living with drug addict parents in Russia. Mar 25, 2014 18:29; By Nicola Bartlett. In one… Continue reading

Manitowoc officials warn of fentanyl drug abuse – San Francisco Chronicle

Manitowoc officials warn of fentanyl drug abuse – San Francisco Chronicle

Manitowoc officials warn of fentanyl drug abuse
San Francisco Chronicle
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Health and law enforcement officials in the Manitowoc area are warning of the dangers of… Continue reading

Holder urges use of overdose-reversal drug – San Francisco Chronicle

Holder urges use of overdose-reversal drug – San Francisco Chronicle


San Francisco Chronicle
Holder urges use of overdose-reversal drug
San Francisco Chronicle
Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday called on first responders to use an overdose-reversal drug to help save… Continue reading