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https://radio.foxnews.com/2018/05/02/yet-another-podcast-on-drugs/ Greg’s guest today is Jacob Sullum who is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist. They discuss new research that finds that the banned drug, MDMA (aka Ecstasy), helps PTSD. They also discuss some facts and fictions about the opioid epidemic.   https://radio.foxnews.com/2018/05/02/yet-another-podcast-on-drugs/ Podcast on the link…could not copy the […]

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Ohio sets new requirements for chronic pain patients to get opiates Columbus — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday announced new prescribing rules for patients suffering pain for more than six weeks, hoping that the move will prevent opiate addiction and accidental overdoses. Prescribers will be required to: * talk with patients and consider non-medication […]

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https://www.painmedicinenews.com/Commentary/Article/03-18/What-Happened-to-the-Untreated-Chronic-Pain-Crisis-/47058 Simply stated, nothing has happened to the untreated chronic pain crisis. The same percentage of patients from the population still suffer from chronic, unrelenting pain. The only difference is this: We now know that one treatment option, when taken to the extreme, is not the simplistic solution that we had hoped for and were […]

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DEA agents raid Watauga Recovery Centers in TN, VA, and NC http://www.wjhl.com/local/dea-agents-raid-watauga-recovery-centers-in-tn-va-and-nc/1156361147 JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) – Federal agents raided a Tri-Cities region addiction treatment organization Wednesday. A spokesman with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration said agents issued a Federal Search Warrant at the Watauga Recovery Centers clinic in Johnson City. DEA Agent Jim Scott […]

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Five area doctors charged in pill mill case at addiction clinic http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2018/05/03/Five-doctors-W-Pa-W-V-charged-narcotic-distribution-scheme/stories/201805030122 Five Pittsburgh-area doctors doled out Suboxone to addicts for cash at addiction clinics in Washington County and West Virginia where they worked as contract employees, according to federal investigators. Indictments unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh and in West Virginia named […]

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www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/5/3/study-finds-opioid-medication-effective-for-chronic-pain Opioids have been used for thousands of years to provide relief from pain. But are they an effective treatment? Are they worth the risk of addiction? And do they improve quality of life? Millions of chronic pain patients who use prescription opioids so that they can work, sleep, bathe and do simple household chores […]

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-durbin-schneider-opioid-speech-st-0503-story.html While pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill a prescription, a fear of being reprimanded or fired may be leading them to do it anyway, according to a student at Rosalind Franklin University’s College of Pharmacy. The third-year pharmacy student was responding to a question posed by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Wednesday afternoon […]

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