Oregon, ACLU Argue Against Handing Over Prescription-Drug Information to DEA – OregonLive.com

Oregon, ACLU argue against handing over prescription-drug information to DEA – OregonLive.com

Oregon, ACLU argue against handing over prescription-drug information to DEA
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Created in 2009 and designed to combat prescription drug abuse, the program requires pharmacies to submit the names, addresses and other information for patients who receive prescriptions containing oxycodone, methadone, codeine, testosterone and 

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Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont – Aiken Standard

Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont
Aiken Standard
Many prescription painkillers belong to a class of drugs known as opioids, which also includes heroin, codeine and methadone. Many states are reporting increasing heroin problems as an unintended byproduct of efforts to crack down on painkiller abuse

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Heroin deaths quadrupled in Maine from 2011 to 2012 – Morning Sentinel


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Heroin deaths quadrupled in Maine from 2011 to 2012
Morning Sentinel
In conjunction with the rise in heroin deaths, the number of deaths attributed to methadone – the prescription drug that is meant to ween people off heroin but often is abused – has gone down significantly over the last several years. In 2004, the
Whether heroin or prescription drugs, fatal overdoses in Maine 'a waste of Bangor Daily News

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Task force lays out first steps in fight against heroin epidemic – The Oshkosh Northwestern

Task force lays out first steps in fight against heroin epidemic
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Expanding the DARE drug abuse prevention program in Oshkosh schools to include an eight-week “Keepin' It Real” course, which would be taught in seventh grade, is one of the goals that the Winnebago County Heroin Task Force's prevention work group has

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