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Labeling the sharp rise in prescription drug abuse an ‘epidemic’ has made the problem WORSE, expert warns http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3465991/I-ve-never-seen-patients-heroin-Labeling-sharp-rise-prescription-overdoses-epidemic-problem-WORSE-experts-warns.html#ixzz41LNV7aMi The Centers for Disease Control has labeled opioid abuse ‘an epidemic’ But, a top pain expert warns that label is leading to increased heroin use Doctors are now taking patients off painkillers abruptly, he says And so, […]

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http://www.jconline.com/story/news/college/2016/02/26/alcohol-sales-benefit-mental-health/80991716/ Purdue’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) needs more funding to meet the need of a rising rate of students seeking mental health care. The undergraduate student government thinks selling alcohol at sporting events could help. In 2015, CAPS saw a 15 percent increase from the previous year in the number of students who sought an appointment, Purdue Student Government President […]

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http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/index.html Here is a link and the list of all the CDC’s vaccination recommendations. I wonder how many practitioners consider these “guidelines” mandatory to follow…  If a pt refuses/declines to get a flu shot…  should the practitioner be held responsible for not following these guidelines ? Believe it or not the CDC … does not […]

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DEA investigates three central Indiana pain clinics http://fox59.com/2016/02/26/dea-investigates-three-central-indiana-pain-clinics/ If I was a news reporter… I would always seek out an addiction counselor ( with no medical background)  for medical advice on treating chronic pain. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind (Feb. 26, 2016)–Three central Indiana pain clinics were searched by federal and local agencies Friday morning. Sources tell FOX59 […]

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Law Enforcement and Pain Patients http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/2/25/law-enforcement-and-pain-patients http://www.naddi.org/aws/NADDI/pt/sp/home_page http://www.pharmacytimes.com/search?get1=search&keywordType=relevancy&keywordTerm=burke&x=0&y=0 The first link is to a article written by John Burke.. recently retired from a 48 yr career in law enforcement.. he would have started just before Congress passed The Controlled Substance Act in 1970 that eventually morphed into our “beloved” DEA of today. The second link […]

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Stopping Drug Dealers The Indiana General Assembly is focused on ways to reduce the illegal drug epidemic in Indiana. Part of our strategy includes tougher penalties for the dealers who fuel drug abuse in our communities. House Bill 1235 would establish mandatory minimum sentences for the worst drug dealers. Under this bill, the sentence for […]

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Tell everyone denying you pain management/relief WITHOUT MY NECESSARY MEDICATION… MY QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT WORTH TWO CENTS

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Shortage Of Addiction Counselors Further Strained By Opioid Epidemic http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/24/467143265/shortage-of-addiction-counselors-further-strained-by-opioid-epidemic?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app Listen to the Story Gary Waters/Ikon Images/Corbis As the drug-related death toll rises in the United States, communities are trying to open more treatment beds. But an ongoing labor shortage among drug treatment staff is slowing those efforts. Each year, roughly one of every four […]

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