Saving Lives With Overdose Prevention

Published January 27, 2013

Saving Lives with Overdose Prevention – Drug overdose is the #1 cause of accidental death in Massachusetts. Here’s how some extremely dedicated coalitions have been tackling ODs.

Florida briefs: Teen faces charges, pointing laser at helicopter

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Skippered by Boston's James Richardson with tactician Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis, Md., Barking Mad won the Farr 40 class at the end of the five-day, 10-race series. … The sheriff's office conducted a month-long investigation of drug trafficking at …
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FDA Likely to Add Limits on Painkillers

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Trying to stem the scourge of prescription drug abuse, an advisory panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Friday to toughen the restrictions on painkillers like Vicodin that contain hydrocodone, the most widely prescribed drugs …
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Controversy over parents treating severely autistic son with medical marijuana

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Dr. Sharon Levy, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Boston's Children's Hospital and chairwoman of the AAP's committee on substance abuse, told FOX 12 marijuana is toxic to children's developing brains. She also said enough isn't known about the …
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