'Plagued With a Scourge': Opioid Abuse Worries Neighboring Middlesex …

Published April 16, 2014

'Plagued with a scourge': Opioid abuse worries neighboring Middlesex …
Since 2005, Reading has reported 13 deaths from opioid overdoses, according to the Reading Coalition Against Substance Abuse (RCASA). Between 2003-2005, that community saw 10 deaths. However, those numbers only account for the deaths reported …
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Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
According to the KIPRC report, the number of overdoses from pharmaceutical opioids in Kentucky has actually decreased by 8 percent, leading many to believe that the rise in heroin use and the crackdown on prescription opioids are connected. A 2002 …
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