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I am wondering if you could help/advise my adult son. Our family Dr who has been writing for him for 5 years or more, said he rcvd a call from the Mail order service our son uses to get his meds. Then the Dr called us to say that he is referring our son to […]

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BERGEN HOSPITAL ACCUSED OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION http://www.pharmacychoice.com/news/article.cfm?Article_ID=1538914 A former employee at Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus has filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the hospital, claiming he was fired after he complained that minorities were discriminated against when they sought treatment at the facility for substance abuse. The lawsuit alleges that many minority patients who […]

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Parents called 911 to help suicidal daughter — and ‘police ended up putting a bullet in her’ Melissa Boarts’s family was frantic to find her. They said the 36-year-old suffered from manic depression and had been threatening to slit her wrists when she jumped into her car Sunday and went for a drive down Interstate 85, toward Auburn, Ala. Her […]

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DEA Plans To Decide Whether To Reschedule Marijuana By Mid-Year http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dea-marijuana-reschedule_us_5704567de4b0537661881644 The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to decide whether marijuana should reclassified under federal law in “the first half of 2016,” the agency said in a letter to senators. DEA, responding to a 2015 letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and seven other Democratic senators […]

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I told the truth in my sister’s obituary, so that others might choose to live https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/03/23/i-told-the-truth-in-my-sisters-obituary-so-that-others-might-choose-to-live/ Editor’s note: We reached out to the author after her revealing obituary for her sister appeared in the Duluth (Minn.) News Tribune. The most alone I have ever felt was standing on my front porch on a chilly February […]

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Pinellas sheriff warns fake Xanax can be deadly http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/111200470-story LARGO (FOX 13) – A dangerous drug is killing people in Pinellas County, and it’s being passed off as regular Xanax on the streets.  So far it’s caused nine deaths. “However these pills that were taken and swallowed, were really a combination of Xanax and Fentanyl,” […]

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AAPM Endorses National Pain Strategy http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Web-Only/Article/04-16/AAPM-Endorses-National-Pain-Strategy/35875/ses=ogst The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has endorsed the Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS’s) National Pain Strategy (NPS), a blueprint two years in the making to “reduce the burden of pain for individuals, families and society as a whole.” Daniel B. Carr, MD, the current president […]

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‘Alarming’ rate of overdoses in Sacramento area http://www.wptz.com/health/alarming-rate-of-overdoses-in-sacramento-area/38882960 Who believes that the DEA and anti-opiate groups will somehow try to fix blame these deaths on the “over prescribing” of opiates by healthcare practitioners.  Even when the number of opiates Rxs dispensed annually would only provide a small percent of the estimated 106 million chronic pain […]

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Chronic Pain Patient To Be Heard? Take the Survey! http://www.nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-patient-to-be-heard-take-the-survey-8830008.html By Ed Coghlan The U.S. Pain Foundation is the largest pain advocacy group in the United States. It has been sharpening its message in recent weeks on the importance of the U.S. pain community coming together in a common voice, as evidenced by this op-ed […]

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Drug addiction should be treated like a learning disorder – not a crime People who misuse drugs are often jailed – the US has 25% of the world’s prisoners. But learning-based treatment would work much better http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/05/drug-addiction-treatment-learning-disorders?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Version+CB+header&utm_term=165432&subid=13529055&CMP=ema_565 Since entering recovery 28 years ago, I’ve spent a great deal of time thinking about the conundrum of […]

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