The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Addiction by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM of Las Vegas Recovery Center
The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Addiction by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM of Las Vegas Recovery Center – Mel Pohl, of Central Recovery Treatment’s renowned inpatient chronic pain and addiction treatment center, Las Vegas Recovery Center, gave a presentation on t…
Obamacare's drug problem
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Obamacare's drug problem. Poor planning and unintended consequences of federal rules have created a “tsunami” wiping out local drug- and alcohol-treatment providers, Jonathan Martin writes. … It offers medical supervision as addicts are weaned off …
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Sacramento heroin addiction on the rise, Affordable Care Act opens doors for …
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Heroin addiction has risen as abuse of prescription opiates like OxyContin and Vicodin went up in the last decade, with heroin serving as an economical substitute to painkillers. Addiction experts claim the correlation is significant. Government data …
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Gov. Deval Patrick Issues Tighter Restrictions for Painkiller Zohydro
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Patrick's public health commissioner also issued an emergency order requiring that prescribers use the state's online Prescription Monitoring Program, which tracks prescriptions of controlled substances, before prescribing drugs like Zohydro. The …
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