Enlarge this image Kim Ryu for NPR Kim Ryu for NPR Two years ago, a mental health advocate named Steve McCaffrey stood…
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Enlarge this image A test strip designed to help doctors check a patient’s urine for fentanyl is being distributed in the Bronx…
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Enlarge this image A public restroom on the platform of the Central Square MBTA station in Cambridge, Mass., which people have used…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) — You may be more likely to wind up a long-term user of opioid…
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Another Big Health Insurer Loosens Rules For Covering Addiction Treatment
by NPR February 15, 2017Enlarge this image A doctor at a Boston Medical Center clinic counsels a patient who has become addicted to opioid painkillers, and…
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HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Using illegal amphetamine drugs such as “speed” and “ice” may lead to premature…
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Rural Colorado’s Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment
by NPR January 23, 2017Enlarge this image Melissa Morris outside her home in Sterling, Colo. She quit using heroin in 2012, and now relies on the…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Over a decade, there was a nearly fivefold increase in the number of…