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Pharmacists, Guardians of Drugs, Sometimes Steal Them – Sioux City Journal

Pharmacists, guardians of drugs, sometimes steal them – Sioux City Journal

Pharmacists, guardians of drugs, sometimes steal them
Sioux City Journal
Though few of the state's nearly 6,000 licensed pharmacists have been caught diverting drugs, the problem makes up a large proportion of cases handled by the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board. Of 64 pharmacists the pharmacy board James Kobs, of

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Schumer seeks reversal of FDA approval of potent painkiller – Newsday


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Schumer seeks reversal of FDA approval of potent painkiller
Newsday
Hydrocodone belongs to the highly addictive opioid family that includes morphine, codeine, methadone and oxycodone, which officials say is the region's most abused drug. Unlike Zohydro, oxycodone, the drug in the painkiller OxyContin, has since 2010 
Zohydro Super-Pill Under Attack by Health Care AdvocatesGuardian Liberty Voice

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Top Federal Drug Policy Official to Visit Vt. – Danbury News Times

Top federal drug policy official to visit Vt. – Danbury News Times


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Top federal drug policy official to visit Vt.
Danbury News Times
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A top White House drug policy official will visit Vermont next week to talk about innovative ways to beat opiate addiction as the state's fight against heroin continues to draw national attention. The director of the Office of
A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin EpidemicNew York Times

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Zohydro: America’s Deadliest New Drug? – LiveScience.com

Zohydro: America’s Deadliest New Drug? – LiveScience.com


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Zohydro: America's Deadliest New Drug?
LiveScience.com
"In the midst of a severe drug addiction epidemic fueled by overprescribing of opioids, the very last thing the country needs is a new, dangerous, high-dose opioid," the members of Fed Up! wrote to the FDA in a letter dated Feb. And these deaths
Is Zohydro, The Super Potent New Opiate Painkiller, Just Too Dangerous?Forbes

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Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment – Arizona Daily Sun

Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment
Arizona Daily Sun
National statistics show 16,000 overdose deaths a year from prescription painkillers like OxyContin, Oxycodone and Vicodin, and the number of people dying from heroin abuse could top 10,000. Those painkillers, although potentially addictive, are

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Police: Bomb Plot Uncovered in Vinita, Methadone Clinic Targeted – KRMG

Police: Bomb plot uncovered in Vinita, methadone clinic targeted – KRMG


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Police: Bomb plot uncovered in Vinita, methadone clinic targeted
KRMG
A man with no previous history of violence planned to blow up a methadone clinic in Miami, Oklahoma, police say, but the plot came to light after he also threatened to blow up his girlfriend, who called 911. Vinita Police Chief Bobby Floyd tells KRMG
Vinita Man Charged After Explosives Found During Search – NewsOn6.com News On 6

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Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted – Petoskey News-Review

Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted
Petoskey News-Review
GAYLORD — A second methadone clinic, Michigan Therapeutic Consultants PC, is opening in Gaylord this spring for the treatment of opiate-dependent clients. The clinic, located at 711 S. Illinois Ave., will be the third MTC clinic in the state with the

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Counterpoint: Addiction Is Complex, and So Is Treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mark Willenbring's commentary on the use of methadone to treat opiate addiction (“Filling an addiction treatment gap,” Feb. 24) raises a number of points I'd like to address as a heroin addict in long-term abstinence-based recovery (42 years) and as

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Sen. Bob Casey supports bill to combat prescription drug abuse in Pennsylvania – York Dispatch


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Sen. Bob Casey supports bill to combat prescription drug abuse in Pennsylvania
York Dispatch
The Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act would require better training for practitioners who prescribe opiod drugs, as well as establish a National Opiod Death Registry. The registry would supply data in Bill support: The bill would
Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation that Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address YourErie
Casey Pushing For Drug Abuse Legislation90.5 WESA

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Heroin From the State for Swiss Addicts – West – Welfare Society Territory

Heroin from the state for Swiss addicts – West – Welfare Society Territory


West – Welfare Society Territory

Heroin from the state for Swiss addicts
West – Welfare Society Territory
First of all, there is the need to implement a distinct policy for 'pragmatic and sustainable' drug use. This seems to work, according to the patients being treated with methadone and Diaphin. There are 220 therapies for heroin addiction and many are
Sam Quinones: Will actor's death be a wake-up call?Record-Searchlight

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