Not Immune

Not Immune

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“When I found out, the most I knew about HIV or AIDS was, you can get it from being gay, or you got it from blood transfusions, or you could get it from using drug needles,” she remembered. “I never heard anything about getting it from … Since her …
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Jefferson County heroin problem continue to grow

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JEFFERSON — As it has become in the counties to the immediate north of Milwaukee, the deadly drug heroin is now a major problem in Jefferson County officials say, and area court records and statistics graphically confirm. The Jefferson County Drug …
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America, It's Time For An Intervention: Drug Overdoses Are Killing More People …

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Reformers are also seeking to make a push to expand access to naloxone, a drug administered as an overdose antidote for opiate drugs. Studies have shown it can cut overdose death rates by 50 percent, yet only 11 states have enacted laws giving legal …
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