Hoffman's Death Highlights Heroin Epidemic: 4 Facts to Know About the Drug

Hoffman's Death Highlights Heroin Epidemic: 4 Facts To Know About The Drug

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In the United States, mortality and addiction rates blamed on heroin are on the rise, and a fentanyl-tainted batch of the drug recently went cross-country across America, causing scores of deaths in a handful of states. Here are four things you need to … Read more on Bustle

 

House approval fuels pot debate: Hassan counters supporters with substance

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Peter Bixby, D-Dover, voted in favor of the bill, saying one of the main things that motivated him to become sympathetic to the cause was the fact that families are hurt when long sentences are doled out to people who use the drug on a recreational basis. Read more on Foster’s Daily Democrat

 

RIA helps shatter myths on prescription and OTC drugs

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University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. — National Drug Facts Week aims to “Shatter the Myths” teens may hold about drug use and abuse — and research by scientists at the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) supports that message. Read more on UB News Center