Target prescription drug abuse to curb heroin nightmare (Editorial)

Target prescription drug abuse to curb heroin nightmare (Editorial)
No one can dispute the far-reaching effects of prescription drug abuse and its lethal path to heroin addiction. Overdose deaths are being reported at an alarming rate, and law enforcement officials are challenged with stopping the scourge. Where it …
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Getting at source of drug addiction
There's no upside to drug addiction. But at least the inter-related plagues of prescription drug and heroin addiction add some badly needed perspective to the matter – that addiction is a public health crisis rather than a law enforcement matter alone.
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Quincy attorney pleads guilty to trying to sneak prescription drug into …
A Quincy attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he tried to sneak prescription drugs used to treat drug addiction to someone at Chelsea District Court in November, authorities said. Michael Lustig, 45, was charged with possession with intent to …
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