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Minn. bill would fine those passing off untrained pets as service animals
Did your dog earn the vest? The increasing popularity of online shopping has made it easy to buy service animal identification vests online, and instances are growing of people putting them on untrained animals.
Jump in overdoses shows opioid epidemic has worsened
Opioid overdoses increased 30 percent nationwide between 2016 and 2017, with some places showing even more dramatic spikes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Opioids don't beat other medications for chronic pain
For many people who live with chronic pain, opioids can seem like the difference between a full life, or one lived in agony. Over the past few decades, they have become go-to drugs for acute pain, but experts say the science about the effectiveness of opioids for chronic, or long-term pain has been lacking.