Wider Availability Of Naloxone Could Help Curb Drug Overdose Epidemic
Wider Availability Of Naloxone Could Help Curb Drug Overdose Epidemic
It will be the first law enforcement agency in California to do so. Capt. James Bovet said San Diego County has seen epidemic levels of drug abuse. “Starting with prescription medication, and then really morphing into heroin,” Bovet said. “And we’ve …
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Elderly Woman Unwittingly Living in Hash Oil Lab
Detectives have charged a San Diego man with elderly abuse, among many other counts, after a hash oil laboratory was discovered in a home where an elderly woman lives. The woman had no idea the drug lab was operating out of her residence, according to …
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No ruling yet in controversial Mass. painkiller ban
San Diego-based drug company Zogenix argues it is unconstitutional to ban the drug because it has FDA approval, but Governor Deval Patrick has declared prescription drug abuse as a public health emergency. He says he has singled out Zohydo because the new …
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2014 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts
Finalists: Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for its use of in-depth reporting and digital tools to expose shootings, beatings and other concealed misconduct by some Long Island police officers, leading to the formation of a grand jury and an official review …
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Youth narcotics use is down, but potency of 'street drugs' is up
Self-reported use of prescription narcotics, such as oxycontin and vicodin — even once — dropped among Palo Alto 11th graders from 9 percent in 2010 to 7 percent in 2012, according to the California Healthy Kids Survey. Use of heroin in the same …
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