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    Commission recommends solutions to stemming OxyContin, heroin addiction in Massachusetts
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    "In the world of opiates, the leap to heroin is not that big a leap," said Tamasi, adding that the percentage of patients admitted to Gosnold over the past decade for addiction to opiates has grown from 10 percent to 35 percent. "What we're seeing now is more people starting their experimentation with drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin and prescription medications" Tamasi said. More people also are dying from overdosing on heroin and OxyContin. Full Article at SouthCoastToday.com
    What we're seeing now is more people starting their experimentation with drugs like OxyContin, Vicodin and prescription medications
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
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Commission recommends solutions to stemming OxyContin, heroin addiction in Massachusetts
  1. Massachusetts has a silent public health epidemic on our hands
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  2. When people complete their medicine regimen, they should really find some ways to dispose of those medications, not leaving them lying around
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  3. OxyContin is not just a gateway to heroin, it's a rocket ship to heroin
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  4. OxyContin went from something that didn't exist to something that was gobbled up pretty quickly because of the potency of the medication
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  5. Treatment is far less expensive than incarceration
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  6. Opiate abuse, if not the biggest, is one of the biggest problems that faces not just Bristol County but the country as a whole
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  7. We need to consider opiate medications to be poison ... It has legitimate uses, but it is still poison.
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago
  8. In the world of opiates, the leap to heroin is not that big a leap
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 1 month ago

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