prescription drugs

Collections will take place from 10 am to 2 pm at police stations across Greater New Bedford and the Southcoast.

The annual drug take-back program a month ago has yielded 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at 580 collection sites across New England. The Drug Enforcement Administration said it's estimated that 10 percent of the drugs were opioid pain killers...

I'm listening to a radio commercial tout hypnosis as a viable way for people to quit smoking. I've heard similar ads to assist in weight lose. Earlier in the morning, New Bedford City Councilor Brian K. Gomes is on the air talking about having his colleagues endorse a Motion agreeing with the governor to charge dealers that sell illegal drugs to a user that dies...

Calling it a public health emergency, Gov. Charlie Baker has unveiled the first steps his administration plans to take in fighting heroin and prescription drug abuse and addiction. During a stop Thursday at the Hope House treatment center in Boston, the governor announced the first-ever public release of data the state collects on the number of prescriptions written for painkillers and overdose de

A surprising amount of Americans are admitting to having clocked in at work while high.

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