FDA OK's Injector Device to Counter Drug Overdoses

FDA OK's injector device to counter drug overdoses

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“Prescription opioid deaths now outnumber those from illicit drugs including heroin and cocaine,” Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said at the briefing. A recent report on heroin deaths in Massachusetts has … Read more on Boston Globe

'Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind' by Biz Stone

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If you were hoping that a book about Twitter's founding would feature absurdly rich young men doing lines of cocaine off the hindquarters of prostitutes, you may have chosen the wrong industry, or perhaps the wrong set of confessions. … It is … Read more on Washington Post

BC-US–Heroin Across America,ADVISORY, US

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And this month, Massachusetts' governor declared a public health emergency over heroin and opiate abuse, directing that first responders be equipped with an overdose antidote. In a multi-part …. Drugs studied include heroin, cocaine, marijuana and … Read more on 10TV