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Arizona’s Emergency Rooms have Treated Thousands of Addicts Hooked on Opioids

Arizona’s Emergency Rooms have Treated Thousands of Addicts Hooked on Opioids

Workers tend to patients in the emergency room at Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix. (Featured Photo by Johanna Huckeba/Cronkite News) By Joshua Bowling PHOENIX – They arrive day and night through the automatic sliding doors of Arizona’s emergency rooms – thousands

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Powerful Synthetic Opioid Fentanyl Makes a Deadly Mark in Arizona

Powerful Synthetic Opioid Fentanyl Makes a Deadly Mark in Arizona

Fentanyl patches can be prescribed by doctors for patients experiencing intense pain. (Featured Photo by Alcibiadesvia WikiMedia Commons) By Lily Altavena | Cronkite News TUCSON – Pima County’s Medical Examiner reported 17 fentanyl-related deaths last year, up from seven in 2014

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