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Let Your Hair Down: Modern society prompts people toward addiction

Hannah Bohn April 12, 2021
We need to consider the broader influences of addiction instead of just the individual choices.
The Baker-Polito administration, the Commonwealth’s four medical schools and the Massachusetts Medical Society announced Monday a set of medical education core standards focused on preventing and managing opioid misuse. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Medical school program to train students to treat drug abuse

Joseph Martorana November 13, 2015

  In a continued effort to combat the nation’s opioid crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced a medical school program that will train students on how to...

An Ohio State University study released Monday titled “The College Prescription Drug Study” found that 10.2 percent of undergraduate students misuse prescription drugs. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MIKE SCHWARZ/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Misusing prescription drugs prevalent at colleges, statistics for BU unclear

Christy Osler October 21, 2015

A new Ohio State University study found that about 10 percent of undergraduate students surveyed reported misusing prescription pain medications, while over 18 percent admitted to misusing prescription...

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