Editorial: Regulators Crack Down, Finally, on Painkillers

Editorial: Regulators crack down, finally, on painkillers
One of the best solutions is state prescription monitoring programs designed to prevent addicts from doctor-shopping. Some physicians, unaware that a patient is getting multiple prescriptions from several sources, become unwitting accomplices to addiction.
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Kim Rothstein sentenced to 18 months in federal prison
… the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, provided she went there immediately and made the trip from the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale in her lawyer's car with no stops. She must also undergo mental health and substance abuse …
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For Veterans With PTSD, A New Demon
The VA treats many of them with powerful opioid painkillers for their pain. But opioids can be a combustible mix with mental illness because of a heightened addiction risk. Effectively, some critics say, it amounts to treating mental illness with …
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