HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, March 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) — What’s the truth about the herbal drug kratom? Is it a potentially dangerous…
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Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
by Greg Allen February 13, 2018Enlarge this image A young man uses heroin under a bridge in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, a neighborhood that has become…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The popular botanical drug kratom essentially is an opioid, the U.S. Food and…
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Desperate Cities Consider ‘Safe Injection’ Sites For Opioid Users
by Bobby Allyn January 10, 2018Enlarge this image The mix of people in rows of tents under a bridge in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood includes homeless adults and…
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HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2017 (HealthDay News) — The millions of Americans caught in the grip of an addiction to opioids…
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Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely
by Will Stone December 19, 2017Enlarge this image The rising number of opioid-linked deaths led Arizona to declare a public health emergency in 2017. Needle exchange programs…
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Enlarge this image The shelter at Houston’s Convention Center, seen here Aug. 29, isn’t equipped to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse.…
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Enlarge this image Andrea Towson used heroin for more than three decades. After a near-death experience with fentanyl, she sought help. Shelby…