Drug Overdose Deaths Up for 11th Consecutive Year

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Methadone And Drug Testing: Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
CHICAGO (AP) – Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines. "The big picture is that this is a big …
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Methadone And Drug Testing: Throwaways: Recruited by Police & Thrown into Danger, Young Informants are
New Yorker staff writer Sarah Stillman has just been awarded a George Polk Award for her article, "The Throwaways," which investigates law enforcement's unregulated use of young confidential informants in drug cases. Stillman details how police broker …
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Methadone And Drug Testing: Elkton man charged with DUI after accident with police cruiser
In addition, according to police, Blakeley allegedly was in illegal possession of methadone, a drug that is primarily used to help fight a person's addiction to opiates, such as heroin, and is dispensed by regulated clinics. The accident occurred as …
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