STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia Doctors Need to Confront Prescription Drug Abuse

STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse
Dr. Gus Grant, CEO of the college, told me in an interview doctors are in a challenging position, especially in treating patients with chronic pain. “We can't turn our back on patients in pain. At the same time, we have to … It has a stellar …
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To Stop an Overdose: Heroin, Narcan and the New Public Policies That Are
The CDC defines a drug as any chemical used for the diagnosis or treatment of a disease or injury, for relieving pain, or for the feeling it causes. An overdose occurs when a drug is taken in excessive amounts and causes bodily injury. Drug overdoses …
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Bain Capital Buying Up Methadone Clinics
CRC calls itself the nation's largest provider of addiction treatment services, and its website says it owns 154 treatment facilities across the country along with eating disorder programs, boarding schools, and wilderness camps. Barry Karlin, the …
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