Maine Doctors Help Fight Prescription Abuse

Maine doctors help fight prescription abuse

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Your article has been sent. LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — More and more Maine doctors and hospitals are asking patients to sign a controlled-substances agreement that allows them to request blood or urine samples in an effort to fight the state's …
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Fentanyl abuse in rural Ottawa serves as warning for Canadian communities

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OTTAWA – An old prescription drug has found a fresh name and new users in some Canadian communities. In the rural Ottawa suburb of Manotick, it hasn't taken long for estimates of teenagers using “patch” to reach into the dozens. Patch is the innocuous …
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US says drugs are a public health issue

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'History has proven that law enforcement alone is not going to end drug abuse,' he said. The path that balanced public … 'The Third way is rooted in the knowledge really that drug addiction is a disease of the brain,' Mr Kerlikowske said. 'It could …
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