[ad_1] A nurse saw her medical license suspended after authorities discovered she was using a block of prescription drugs to write 104 prescriptions for access to thousands of powerful opioids. According to …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – As the Senate prepares to vote Monday night on its response to the opioid crisis, a federal government drug abuse study released on Friday highlights how desperate the situation …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Senate is ready to offer its own order to deal with the country's deadly opioid epidemic. Senators are expected Monday to approve a broad bipartite program that would …
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[ad_1] Dozens of states are cracking down on the amount of painkillers prescribed by doctors. Published in October 2018 Image: © Darwin Brandis / Getty Images Overdoses of powerful painkillers called opioids …
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[ad_1] The number of people taking heroin for the first time decreased by more than half in 2017 compared to the previous year, a sign that prevention efforts could begin, according to …
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[ad_1] Drug addicts who have an overdose of injecting opioids such as heroin and fentanyl are usually not elderly. But Medicare seniors are part of Roanoke journalist Beth Macy's new book on …
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[ad_1] The huge number of victims of the opioid epidemic has implications for policymakers at all levels of government. Unfortunately, the same sense of crisis that can help stimulate action has also …
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[ad_1] Dozens of states are cracking down on the amount of painkillers prescribed by doctors. Published in October 2018 Image: © Darwin Brandis / Getty Images Overdoses of powerful painkillers called opioids …
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[ad_1] NORRISTOWN, PA – Four doctors from Montgomery County have been arrested for illegally prescribing opioids to drug addicts and drug dealers in the area, the district attorney's office said Wednesday. The …
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[ad_1] NORRISTOWN – Authorities have filed charges against four doctors for writing illegal prescriptions for opioids, fraud and other violations. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and national, local and federal law …
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