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Senate Approves Bill on Drug Monitoring Program

Senate approves bill on drug monitoring program
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Senate has approved a bill that requires practitioners to register with Rhode Island's prescription drug monitoring program. The drug database is designed to help prevent drug diversion and misuse. State health department officials said in December that only 20 percent of those allowed …
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You can get any drug you want, where you want' – recovering addict
There are various ways that prescription drugs end up being sold for a few pounds on the streets of Bradford, or behind closed doors.
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Patient Drug History to Be Scrutinized Before Narcotics Prescriptions

Patient drug history to be scrutinized before narcotics prescriptions
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia recently approved a new policy to make sure doctors are looking up a patient's history on the province's drug monitoring program, which was made available online in 2012. "This crystallizes what …
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Haleyville doctor under fire for far exceeding federal limits on number of
MAR 30 • As a parent of kids that were being "treated" in an outpatient "rehab" clinic in Hamilton, Al. This so called clinic run by a Dr. Kamp used not only the same drug as described in this article but methadone as well. We as parents learned that …
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Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms.

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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over – News Sentinel

At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
News Sentinel
Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he says, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been sober since Oct. 12. He's severed all connections with drug-using

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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms.

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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over – News Sentinel


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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
News Sentinel
Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he says, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been sober since Oct. 12. He's severed all connections with drug-using
Cody's story: At 21, recovering heroin addict starts overSeacoastonline.com

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Tackling Drug Abuse One Generation at a Time – Irish Times

Tackling drug abuse one generation at a time – Irish Times

Tackling drug abuse one generation at a time
Irish Times
She started drinking at 15, got into heroin at 17 and, although she stopped smoking it during her first two pregnancies, she wasn't stabilised on methadone until her eldest child was three and she had a second baby to care for. However, unlike many of

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STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse – TheChronicleHerald.ca


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STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse
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It has a stellar prescription drug monitoring program and the college developed a methadone treatment handbook in 2012 that has become “the gold standard” in assisting physicians to treat patients with addictions. The new pre-screening policy announced …

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Prescriptions for Opioids Stabilizing After Fivefold Increase in 10-Year Span

Prescriptions for opioids stabilizing after fivefold increase in 10-year span
( Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ) To support the appropriate use of opioids and inform public health interventions to prevent drug abuse, most states have implemented a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the impact of these state-wide programs and found that after tripling until 2007 …
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