Fatal drug overdoses sweep the nation in the past year
In my opinion, it is a type of drug that is on the rise,” Sandra Beecher, corporate services clinician at the Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery in Normal, said. The national statistics … But not just that, all opiates in general seem to be …
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Lawmakers mull prescription drug monitoring
Coroner Tim Warco said he investigated 40 overdose deaths last year in Washington County, 17 of which involved the use of opiates. There were 46 overdose deaths the previous year, while 28 people died in that fashion in 2003 and just two in 1992 …
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Parents seek aid for prescription drug addicts
Treatment officials talk of long waiting lists to get into residential facilities, which some say is often needed to break an opiate addiction. One facility in Buffalo has up to 70 people at a time on a … Tim Kennedy, a Buffalo Democrat, told Byrne …
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