Minnesota's Rate of Prescription-Drug Overdoses Rises, but Is 47th Among States

Minnesota's rate of prescription-drug overdoses rises, but is 47th among states
As the new report also points out, the cost to the U.S. economy is enormous: The nation spends an estimated $ 53.4 billion annually on prescription-drug-abuse-related lost productivity, increased criminal justice costs, drug abuse treatments and medical …
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Shackled and pregnant: Wis. case challenges 'fetal protection' law
Three of those states, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota, allow pregnant women to be forced into mental health or substance abuse treatment facilities. Other states have applied criminal charges such as delivery of drugs to a minor or fetal …
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Pregnant Woman Fights Wisconsin Fetal Rights Laws
She was 12 weeks pregnant, and told the physician's assistant who treated her that she had recently tapered off an anti-addiction medication called Suboxone to help with a prior addiction to Percocet. The physician's assistant recommended she go back …
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