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Maryland’s Relaxed Medical Marijuana Policy Offers Safe Alternative to Opioids

Medical marijuana gives patients a less-addictive option to ease chronic pain.
By Francesca Friday
LAWRENCE, MA- August 15, 2017: Richard Long, 43, shows off one of his bracelets outside of his recovery center on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Richard has been clean for 2-years and lost his wife last year to a carfentanil and Klonopin overdose.

New Study Links Cancer Treatment to Dangerous Opioid Addiction

This group began their opioid journey not as addicts, but as patients.
By Francesca Friday
NORWICH, CT - MARCH 23: Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain lie on display on March 23, 2016 in Norwich, CT. On March 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), announced guidelines for doctors to reduce the amount of opioid painkillers prescribed, in an effort to curb the epidemic. The CDC estimates that most new heroin addicts first became hooked on prescription pain medication before graduating to heroin, which is stronger and cheaper.

NYC Mayor Says ‘Corporate Greed’ Is to Blame for Opioid Epidemic

"The overuse of these drugs was planned by the pharmaceutical industry and the results have been devastating. And now this is a problem being felt in households all over this city and all over this country."
By Will Bredderman
Kids playing, minus drugs. (Getty)

Talk About a Happy Meal! NYPD Discovers Bronx Day Care Center Dealing Drugs

By Órla Ryan
A pile of ominous mystery pills. (Stock.Xchng)

Drug Dealers Nabbed After Shooing Buyers Away on Shabbat

By Natalie Shure
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The White Stuff: ‘Operation Snowcone’ Nets Brooklyn Man ‘Selling Cocaine from Ice Cream Truck’

By Elaina Plott
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