Addiction to Strong Narcotic Pain-Killers Killing More

Published January 3, 2013

Addiction to strong narcotic pain-killers killing more

Filed under: prescription drug abuse treatment

Addiction to prescription drugs in Nashua and throughout New Hampshire has outstripped addiction and overdose deaths to other more familiar so-called street drugs such as cocaine and heroin, according to officials. It's this addiction to powerful …
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Advocates seek stronger substance abuse treatment measures

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LITTLE ROCK — Substance abuse costs Arkansas about $ 888 million annually, but just 6 percent of Arkansans who need help with a drug addiction actually receive treatment, according to two legislative task force reports. … The Task Force on Substance …
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Expert: Painkillers top list of prescription drug abuse

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Until October, 964 patients who were referred or volunteered to be treated at NRC abused prescription drugs. “These figures roughly add up to two thirds of patients being treated at NRC,” he said. According to the expert, an easy availability of …
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