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Opioids linked with deaths other than overdoses, study says

CHICAGO (AP) — Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers — the drugs may also contribute to heart-related deaths and other fatalities, new research suggests. Among more than 45,000 patients in the study, those using opioid painkillers had a 64 percent higher risk of

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Bay State steps up fight against drug abuse epidemic

BOSTON – Massachusetts is rising up against drug addiction after deaths due to heroin and painkiller dependency climbed 8 percent over the past year. Gov. Charlie Baker has made the issue a priority, as have many lawmakers from across the state. As a result, new laws will come into effect that

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Opioid overdose epidemic comes into focus for NE governors

BOSTON – Sharing a table at Harvard Medical School in Boston, New England's six governors pledged Tuesday to crack down on drug trafficking and share data from state prescription-monitoring programs. Levels of optimism varied among the four Democrats and two Republicans on the panel, as did the finger of

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Prince died of opioid overdose, tests reportedly show

CHICAGO (AP) — Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate.

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Marijuana may help break addiction to painkillers, heroin

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – The growing number of patients who claim marijuana helped them drop their painkiller habit has intrigued lawmakers and emboldened advocates, who are pushing for cannabis as a treatment for the abuse of opioids and illegal narcotics like heroin, as well as an alternative to painkillers. It&

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Mass. delegation in scramble to advance opioid proposals

STATE HOUSE — Echoing a debate that dominated Beacon Hill for the better part of the past year, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is poised to vote on a package of proposals, several of which were sponsored by the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, that would push the country along

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Ayotte welcomes Obama’s turn to drug abuse fight

MANCHESTER, N.H. – When President Barack Obama turned his attention last week to the opioid and heroin overdose epidemic that has ravaged families across the country, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte may well have wondered what took him so long. In 2014, Ayotte, a Republican, was a co-sponsor in 2014

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Patients who overdose on opioids get them again, study shows

BOSTON – Most patients who receive drugs to treat chronic pain and overdose on opioid medications still get the addictive synthetic opiates through their doctors, a new study shows. The 12-year study released Monday by the Boston Medical Center tracked almost 3,000 people who were treated in an emergency room