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Opioid Use Slowing But Continues to Take San Diegans’ Lives

| 3:47 PM

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Local prescription drug deaths declined in 2018. Deaths due to heroin increased. And fentanyl deaths continued to climb.

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San Diegans Encouraged to Get Rid of Painkillers, Other Rx Drugs

| 11:44 AM

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San Diegans will once again have an opportunity to get rid of unused or unwanted medications during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s spring Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 27.