Norfolk District Attorney Pushes to Expand Use of Narcan

Norfolk district attorney pushes to expand use of Narcan
The impact of the naloxone deployment over the last 14 months has had a striking effect on the South Shore, which has been at the forefront of using the drug to respond to what many see as an opiate addiction epidemic fueled by painkiller abuse.
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New faces of heroin addiction require our attention
But the face of heroin addiction is changing as more of society finds itself battling painkiller dependency. Addiction to such synthetic opiates as OxyContin, a brand name for a morphine-like drug prescribed for severe pain, has created a new kind of …
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