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Drug Users Warned After Potent Methadone Stolen in Vancouver Drugstore Robbery

Drug users warned after potent methadone stolen in Vancouver drugstore robbery
Police are warning drug users to be careful after a litre of potent methadone was stolen in an East Vancouver pharmacy break-in on Thursday morning. Around 2 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the Rexall Drug Store at Fraser Street and East 50th Avenue and found the glass front doors smashed in.
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Cottage Grove man charged in friend's drug overdose death
A 20-year-old Cottage Grove woman is dead of a drug overdose, and a friend is charged in connection with her death.
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Prescription drug addicts 'are adept' at fooling GPs
Most of the people Dr Alun George treats at Bradford’s Unity Centre are seeking recovery-based treatment for class A drug use – but he also sees people who are dependent on prescription drugs.
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Local Politics

Local Politics
A Senate panel is scheduled to vote on several bills aimed at addressing drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
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PROVIDENCE – A Senate panel is scheduled to vote on several bills aimed at addressing drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
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Senate Panel Voting on Drug Overdose Bills

Senate panel voting on drug overdose bills
A Senate panel is scheduled to vote on several bills aimed at addressing drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
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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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Medicines Killing Hundreds

Medicines killing hundreds
Prescription drugs caused or contributed to the deaths of 310 of the 374 people to die in Victoria from drug overdoses last year – prompting calls for greater controls on medication.
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Raided Florence Doctor's Medical License Suspended

Raided Florence doctor's medical license suspended
Citing the death of two patients from drug overdoses along with “substandard medical decision-making and judgment” and “irresponsible and substandard prescribing of controlled substances,” the Montana Board of Medical Examiners indefinitely suspended the medical license of Dr. Chris Christensen of Florence after a hearing Monday.
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