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Kilmartin calls for more pain pill protections

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's attorney general is among those calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make it harder for generic pain pills to be abused. In a letter sent Monday, Peter Kilmartin and 47 other attorneys general …
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People with mental illness make up large share of US smokers

Filed under: Columbus Drug Abuse

WEDNESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) — Adults with a mental illness or a substance-abuse disorder represent about 25 percent of the U.S. population but account for nearly 40 percent of all cigarettes smoked in the country, according to a new study.
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Five arrested after tip leads to meth lab

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Lemming was charged with illegal assembly of or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs and tampering with evidence — both third-degree felonies — as well as misdemeanor counts of obstructing official business and permitting drug abuse …
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