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Opioid Painkillers Can Kill Patients Too

Opioid painkillers can kill patients too
That figure doesn't include the number of people who will become addicted to painkillers prescribed by their physicians, bought on the black market or pilfered from a friend or family member. “We don't know who is going to be addicted until it happens …
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School pushes for open talk about drug use
He started using marijuana but over time the drug didn't help him calm down, so he moved to something stronger, Opana (an opioid painkiller), Barber said. "Addiction takes over the entire family," Barber said. "My son never had the chance to have a …
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Dealing with drug overdose issue
John Kasich signed HB 170, enacted in response to a record high number of fatal overdoses from heroin or painkillers, in mid-March. The law allows law enforcement officers, friends or relatives of addicts, or emergency medical responders who aren't …
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