Why Prescription Heroin Isn't as Outlandish as You Might Think

Why Prescription Heroin Isn't as Outlandish as You Might Think

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And at a lower cost to society. Here's why it saved money to give addicts heroin: Users were more likely to stay in treatment longer if offered heroin as opposed to methadone. And people who stay in treatment are less likely to commit crimes, use …
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Care Facilities Can Pose Threat to Last Wishes

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… has filed against a Lakeland hospital and nursing home, her 91-year-old mother received a series of strenuous and intrusive measures — including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, cutting a hole in her neck to insert an airway, and injecting her with …
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Fact check: Who's telling the truth about Obamacare?

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ANALYSIS. Cruz, the freshman senator from Texas, commandeered the Senate floor for 21 hours in a blistering attack on the Affordable Care Act. He even took a swipe at fact-checkers, calling their craft "a particularly pernicious bit of yellow …
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