Three Overdose Deaths Reported in One Week – Point Pleasant Register

Three overdose deaths reported in one week – Point Pleasant Register

Three overdose deaths reported in one week
Point Pleasant Register
Common synthetic opiates include Oxycontin and Roxicet (or oxycodone), oxymorphone or Dilaudid, hydrocodone like Lortab or Vicodin, methadone and Suboxone or buprenorphine). Opiates range in potency – codeine is a milder pain reliever, 

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Two people have been charged with causing or allowing the death of a two-year … – BBC News


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Two people have been charged with causing or allowing the death of a two-year
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into Sophie's death at Blackpool Victoria Hospital proved inconclusive. Police said toxicology tests later confirmed that she had ingested methadone. Methadone is most commonly used in the UK in the treatment of opiate dependence, such as heroin.

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Heroin: New England’s Unlikely Epidemic – LiveScience.com

Heroin: New England's Unlikely Epidemic
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In 1898, while using morphine to synthesize codeine — an opiate less potent and less addictive than morphine — chemist Felix Hoffman combined morphine with acetic anhydride and accidentally created heroin (diacetylmorphine), which is several times

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