(BOSTON) JUNE 7 – GOVERNORS OF NEW ENGLAND ATTENDING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPIOIDS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL TODAY (TUESDAY) ARE CALLING ON THE F-D-A, DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND PHYSICIANS TO PLAY A GREATER ROLE IN COMBATING OPIOID ABUSE.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE:
ALL THE GOVERNORS OUTLINING THEIR PENDING AND CURRENT PROGRAMS TO MONITOR AND LIMIT OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS, AND INCREASE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.
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MAINE GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE SAYS A PHYSICIAN TOLD HIM THAT BY 2022 WE ARE GOING TO GET A HOLD OF THIS DISEASE BUT BY THAT TIME A GENERATION WILL HAVE BEEN LOST TO IT.
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RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO SPEAKING AT INTERNATIONAL OPIOD CONFERENCE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL RECOMMENDS RESTRICTING PRESCRIPTIONS OF OPIOIDS.
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VERMONT GOVERNOR PETER SCHUMLIN SAYS THIS DIDN’T JUST MAGICALLY HAPPEN — WE NEED SOME PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS DRIVING THIS CRISIS.