The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Addiction by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM of Las Vegas Recovery Center
The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Addiction by Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM of Las Vegas Recovery Center – Mel Pohl, of Central Recovery Treatment’s renowned inpatient chronic pain and addiction treatment center, Las Vegas Recovery Center, gave a presentation on t…
At Clinics, Tumultuous Lives and Turbulent Care
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Buprenorphine was developed as a safer alternative to methadone for treating heroin and painkiller addiction, a take-home medication that could be prescribed by doctors in offices rather than dispensed daily in clinics. But in some areas a de facto …
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Supreme Court upholds mother's drug conviction
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Meridian resident Sydney Lorelei Neal was charged in August 2011 with felony possession of methadone, a narcotic pain reliever that's also used to treat heroin addicts. When Neal's daughter was born March 27, 2011, she showed signs of opiate withdrawal …
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Chronicle AM — November 26, 2013
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
… allow patients to use edible forms of marijuana. And Senate Bill 660 would clear the way for pharmacies to sell medical marijuana in Michigan, but only if the federal government decides to regulate cannabis as a prescription drug. … Drug experts …
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