Ex-addict feels like a million bucks

Ex-addict feels like a million bucks
A front-row ticket to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. That’s the only thing Virginia “Jini” Burke of Wareham wants to buy with the $ 1 million she won last Friday after purchasing a Massachusetts Lottery instant scratch ticket.
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Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems
Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of research published in the September issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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Ontario doctors tackle opioid abuse
The dramatic increase in the abuse of opioids such as Oxycontin has led the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons to propose some dramatic initiatives to curb addiction.
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