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http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151105/NEWS12/151109548/0/SEARCH#sthash.pt5Hdav0.dpuf Hassan opioid rules rejected By MARK HAYWARD New Hampshire Union Leader CONCORD — The Board of Medicine rejected on Wednesday a lengthy set of rules developed by the Hassan administration to clamp down on doctors who prescribe opioids, opting instead for a much narrower set of regulations. The regulations go into effect in 48 […]

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/sen-tom-cotton-social-security-benefits-cause-people-to-spiral-downward-into-heroin-addiction/ Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested on Monday that population decline and drug abuse in poor areas could be the result of too many people on Social Security disability. Speaking to the conservative Heritage Foundation on Monday, Cotton warned that communities with high a percentage of residents on Social Security disability had reached a tipping […]

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My blog has been rather quite for the last few days… We left Thursday AM for Durham, NC – 550 miles – to help only grandson to celebrate his 9th birthday on Friday and spend the weekend… Today (Monday ) back on the road and back to Indiana.  I took my IPAD along for the […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/07/clinton-supports-removing-marijuana-from-schedule-1-list-joining-democratic-rivals/ There is a hook under this bait.. It will take medical science abt 10 yrs to do clinical trials and get a product to market

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Tonight On CBS2 News At 11PM: Epidurals Offer Temporary Pain Relief – But At What Cost? You don’t want to miss Lisa Sigell’s report on the dangers of epidurals tonight on CBS2 News at 11 p.m. – also streaming live on cbsla.com.

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Chris Christie Makes Emotional Plea To Rethink Drug Addiction Treatment The New Jersey governor shows why he’s so effective in town hall meetings http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-christie-drug-addiction-treatment_56327ee9e4b0c66bae5bc0f3 WATCH VIDEO in above link  UPDATE: Christie’s talk on addiction, part of the HuffPost original series ’16 and President, has been viewed more than three million times on Facebook and has been […]

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Suicide and Pain: The Silent Epidemic http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Commentary&d_id=485&i=October+2015&i_id=1234&a_id=33865&tab=MostRead On Oct. 26, 2003, two patients of mine, Randy and Helen—a married couple in middle age and both weary with chronic pain—attempted a dual suicide. Randy succeeded by overdosing on the methadone that was prescribed for his pain. His wife was either lucky or unlucky, depending on your […]

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An emergency physician goes to the ER, and is shocked at the care she receives http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/11/emergency-physician-goes-er-shocked-care-receives.html I have lately been discussing the state of health care with a lot of doctors. I’m a doctor, and I’m also a consumer of health care services. Imagine my surprise when I visited a local ER on a three […]

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In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/us/heroin-war-on-drugs-parents.html?ref=health&_r=0 NEWTON, N.H. — When Courtney Griffin was using heroin, she lied, disappeared, and stole from her parents to support her $400-a-day habit. Her family paid her debts, never filed a police report and kept her addiction secret — until she was found dead last […]

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