These Pills Could Be Next Us Drug Epidemic

Christine Vestal, Tribune News Service, The Record (Stockton)
Sat, 07/21/2018 - 9:38am

The growing use of anti-anxiety pills reminds some doctors of the early days of the opioid crisis.

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