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By Joseph M. Gorrell Opioid abuse is becoming epidemic in the U.S., with more than 90 people dying each day of overdoses. A significant factor ...
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Is Your Doctor Enabling Your Addiction To Pain Pills?
By Dr. Indra Cidambi Primary care practitioners may inadvertently be enabling individuals with substance use disorders or causing others to become addicted to prescription medications. ...
Read More »Does Medical Marijuana Reduce Need for Other Pain Meds?
People are actually using medical marijuana as a treatment for health problems, not simply as an excuse to get high, a new study suggests. States ...
Read More »Painkiller-Addicted Babies a Growing U.S. Concern, Especially in Florida
(HealthDay News) — Doctors in the United States are seeing more infants born addicted to narcotic painkillers — a problem highlighted by a new Florida-based ...
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