Edinburgh & East – Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Edinburgh & East – Tuesday, January 25, 2011 – Top story: the family of a woman who died after falling through a hatch in her hallway say lessons must be learned from the tragedy. In other news: the first major study of drugs deaths in Scotland has revealed that more than a third of those who died had never had any contact with drug treatment services: the Sky Sports presenter Andy Gray has been sacked following sexist comments he made about a female referee; the Colin McRae fatal accident inquiry visits the site of the helicopter crash; and in sport, Hibs have completed the signing of Martin Scott from Ross County. This is an international version that may have been edited for rights reasons.
The opiate Trap
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“There's been an eightfold increase of deaths from opiate overdose in over 20 years, and that's not what we call progress in public health,” said Pasanen, also medical director at Habit OPCO, an outpatient treatment clinic for addiction that has …
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Man Shot In 2011 Drug Arrest Sues Middletown Officer Who Shot Him
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He needed surgery and treatment for severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, the suit says. State police investigated the shooting, and said members of a state police drug task force followed Haralambous, a suspect, to his Weir Street home.
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