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Two Wisconsin political figures were swept up Wednesday in apparent drug overdose cases in the latest examples of how drug addiction plagues the state despite a myriad of legislative efforts to curb it 2 Wisconsin political figures affected by overdose cases Wisconsin lacrossetribune_com GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin political figures were swept up […]
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’60 Minutes’: DEA thwarted on opioid epidemic http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-et-60-minutes-dea-thwarted-on-opioid-epidemic-20171013-story.html The Drug Enforcement Administration’s attempts to curb the opioid epidemic as deaths increased were thwarted by powerful forces in Washington, according to a joint report by “60 Minutes” and The Washington Post. The report, which airs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday on CBS, was previewed Friday morning on […]
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The Pros and Cons of a Heroin Shortage http://reason.com/blog/2017/10/13/the-former-head-of-the-cdc-wants-to-driv “Interdiction is critically important to increase the cost and reduce accessibility of opioids,” write former Centers for Disease Control chief Thomas R. Frieden and Brandeis University’s Andrew Kolodny in a new paper for the Journal of the American Medical Association. “As with tobacco and alcohol, if […]
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Teamsters target drug giant Cardinal Health’s response to opioid crisis https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/teamsters-target-drug-giant-cardinal-health-s-response-to-opioid/article_728f2b08-d813-566b-b76f-3c9710dd8455.html The Teamsters union is calling on shareholders of drug giant Cardinal Health to strip the company’s top executive of his duties as board chairman, saying the firm is “in the midst of a corporate crisis” over its role in the opioid epidemic that has […]
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Connecticut Will Sue Trump Administration For Ending Affordable Care Act Subsidies http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-jepsen-lawsuit-trump-affordable-care-act-20171013-story.html Connecticut will join other states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House announced its intention to end key payments to insurance companies that sell plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges. “President Trump’s latest action is incredibly mean-spirited,” state Attorney […]
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Steps the U.S. government should take right now against the opioid epidemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/10/12/steps-the-u-s-government-should-take-against-the-opioid-epidemic-right-now/ The Food and Drug Administration should consider banning “ultra-high-dosage” painkillers from the market, and law enforcement must step up efforts to curb the flow of heroin and fentanyl into the United States if the nation hopes to come to grips with the […]
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Top 20 Drugs in the World 2017 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-20-drugs-world-2017-luca-dezzani-md/ The global prescription drug market is expected to grow by 6% from 2016 to 2022 to reach nearly USD 1.05 trillion by 2022. The top 20 drugs are manufactured by 14 companies and account for a total 10% of global prescription drug market in 2016. The total […]
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Detoxification of Chemically Dependent Inmates Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines February 2014 https://www.bop.gov/resources/pdfs/detoxification.pdf Revisions to the 2009 guidelines are highlighted in yellow throughout the document. Among these revisions are the following: • Deletion of what had been Appendix 2, Selected DSM-IV Criteria Related to Substance Abuse. The DSM-5 criteria have been changed, […]
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