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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

13 February 2018

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north
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Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

10 January 2018

Next week, a trial in Finland will begin testing a nasal spray in problem gamblers. The spray contains a drug normally used to reverse opioid overdoses

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