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Brain Studies - Mental Disorders & Addiction Fishbowl: Opioids & the Brain

Opioids & the Brain

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Prescription Medication Abuse Topic Page - Opposing Viewpoints
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Narcotics (Opioids) - Drug Abuse Sourcebook, 2016
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The Rise of Prescription Drug Abuse - Prescription Drugs: Opioids That Kill, 2017
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How Addictive Are Painkillers? - That Dangers of Pain Killers, 2017
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A Drug on the Rise—Again - The Dangers of Heroin, 2017
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Fentanyl - Drug Enforcement Administration
What is Fentanyl? - National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2016
Prescription Drugs: Opioids That Kill (ebook, 2017)
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