Heroin overdose antidote promises fewer deaths but raises questions over who should carry it
CAMDEN, N.J. — As deaths from heroin and powerful painkillers skyrocket nationwide, governments and clinics are working to put a drug that can reverse an opiate overdose into the hands of more paramedics, police officers and the people advocates say are the most critical group — people who abuse drugs, and their friends and families.
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States revolt against painkiller
State officials around the country are rebelling over a powerful new painkiller that law enforcement and public health authorities fear could worsen the nation's deadly scourge of heroin and prescription drug abuse.
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Drugs—'It's everybody's problem'
Calvert County's Prescription Drug Abuse Abatement Council held its latest community awareness workshop Thursday, April 3 at the College of Southern Maryland's Prince Frederick campus. The two-and-a-half hour workshop gave attendees a glimpse of the …
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