Deadly Heroin Overdoses Double in 2012

Deadly heroin overdoses double in 2012
The heroin from Afghanistan is expected to flood Europe and Africa, leaving the U.S. market open to even great illegal imports from Mexico and South America, said Paul Coleman, executive director at Maryhaven, central Ohio's largest drug treatment …
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Stem cell work at U of M could accelerate under new deal
Neal St. Anthony in the Strib says — no big surprise here — that Delta is getting a very good deal for its Chisholm call center: “Earlier this month, the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), the northeastern Minnesota economic …
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Addiction treatment with a dark side
In the mid-1970s, the U.S. Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Ky., tested the drug on detoxified addicts. A prison that doubled as a treatment hospital, the farm was home to the government's Addiction Research Center. A devoted cadre of government scientists …
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