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Health director: Alternative pain relief could help curb opioid abuse, deaths

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//June 1, 2017//[read_meter]

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Health director: Alternative pain relief could help curb opioid abuse, deaths

Health director: Alternative pain relief could help curb opioid abuse, deaths

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//June 1, 2017//[read_meter]

Faced with an average of two deaths a day, the state’s top health official is looking for ways to curb the abuse of opioids, both legal and otherwise. And some...

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Tags: Department of Health Services, heroin, death, Cara Christ, Addiction, medical marijuana, Arizona, opioid abuse

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