Enlarge this image After a string of inpatient rehabilitation stays, Louis Casanova, who lives near Philadelphia, says he is still trying to…
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Enlarge this image Bob Topmiller, chief of toxicology at the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, holds a small vial containing carfentanil extracted from…
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WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — U.S. laws designed to curb abuse of opioid painkillers haven’t reduced misuse or overdoses by disabled Medicare beneficiaries, a new study suggests. Between 2006 and 2012, states enacted 81 laws to control use of powerful opioids such as Oxycontin and Vicodin. But even with these new prescription-drug monitoring […]
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FRIDAY, June 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) — More bad news from the U.S. drug wars: Misuse of prescription opioid painkillers by American adults more than doubled from the early 2000s to 2013, a new government study says. Rates of addiction to powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin also swelled during that time, according to […]