Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin – New York Times

Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin – New York Times

Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
New York Times
Dr. Jason Jerry, an addiction specialist at the Cleveland Clinic's Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center, estimates that half of the 200 or so heroin addicts the clinic sees every month started on prescription opiates. “Often it's a legitimate prescription

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Southern states beginning to bend on allowing use of medical marijuana – The Plain Dealer

Southern states beginning to bend on allowing use of medical marijuana
The Plain Dealer
ATLANTA — Medical marijuana has been a non-starter in recent years in the Deep South, where many Republican lawmakers feared it could lead to widespread drug use and social ills. That now appears to be changing, with proposals to allow a form of 

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