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Painkiller Association Closes As Senate Launches Probe

ProPublica | Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber | Posted 05.09.2012

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A version of this story was published in The Washington Post.As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of nar...

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15 Percent Of NYC Doctors Prescribed 82 Percent Of All Painkillers In 2010

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: New York City Health Department, Opioids, Eric Schneiderman, Oxycontin, Ny News, Painkillers, Painkiller Prescriptions, Painkiller Addiction, Long Island Pharmacy Shooting, Video, New York News

A new report conducted by the New York City Health Department reveals the number of opioid painkiller prescriptions is steadily on the rise, with more...

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Unhealthy Oxycodone Rewards at Walgreens

Steven Kurlander | Posted 04.18.2012

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In Florida, where 85 percent of Oxycodone was allegedly distributed last year, it was estimated that at the beginning of 2011, seven Floridians died a day from overdoses from prescription drugs.

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WATCH: Pharmacy Robbery Leads To Deadly Shootout

Posted 04.12.2012

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An attempted robbery of an East Harlem pharmacy on Thursday led to a violent shootout with police officers killing the armed suspect. The suspecte...

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Pain and Pain Medication Abuse: Two Epidemics in Tension

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Cannabinoids, Addiction, San Francisco Medicine, San Francisco Medical Society, Pain, Yoga and Pain, Oxycontin, Oxydodone, Opiod Abuse, Addiction and Recovery, Healthy Living News

Clearly there is much to be done in terms of addressing both epidemics of under-treated pain and pain medication abuse and addiction.

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Official: 'We've Got A Problem' With Prescription Drugs

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 04.05.2012

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NEW YORK — Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analys...

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Painkiller Debate Rages On

Radley Balko | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Drug War, Oxycontin, Prescription Drugs, Gil Kerlikowske, Ondp, Chronic Pain, Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Painkillers, Politics News

If there's contention in the medical community about the risk and effectiveness of painkillers, the debate gets more heated still when it comes to what sort of public policy should govern how the drugs are used.

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'Dr. Feelgood' Is Responsible For 3 Overdose Deaths, Say Authorities

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH and GREG RISLING | Posted 05.02.2012

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LOS ANGELES — The prosecutor who took the rare step of charging a doctor with murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients ...

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Huge Number Of Miners In One State Found Using Drugs

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 04.24.2012

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More than 1,500 coal miners have tested positive for drug use since Kentucky began screenings six years ago, a state attorney ...

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The War Over Prescription Painkillers

Radley Balko | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Pain, Pain Relief, Drug War, Oxycontin, Morphine, Richard Paey, Chronic Pain, Forida, Painkillers, William Hurwitz, Vicodin, Dea, Pill Mill, Politics News

To the extent that there is any problem at all with painkiller abuse and overdoses, it's due more to a decade of aggressive policing, obstinate federal law enforcement agencies, and the encroachment of law enforcement into the practice of medicine than lax government oversight.

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New York State Sees Sharp Increase In Oxycodone Drug Use and Abuse

Posted 01.12.2012

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A new report issued by the New York state attorney general reveals a staggering 82 percent increase in oxycodone prescriptions from from 2007 to 2010....

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White House Cuts Nearly All Presidential Dollar Coin Production

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The presidential dollar coin has fallen victim to Washington's cost cutting efforts. The White House said Tuesday it is stopping nearly...

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Toddler Overdoses On Dad's Oxycodone

Posted 01.10.2012

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Manuel Rivera, a 31-year-old Clifton, Colo. father pleaded guilty to the Oxycodone overdose death of his 17-month-old toddler daughter, the Grand Junc...

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50 Arrested In Massive Day Care Drug Bust

Posted 12.21.2011

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After a seven month undercover investigation, police arrested nearly 50 people in a drug bust at LeFrak City in Queens. NBC reports on the arrests...

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Births Of Prescription Drug Addicted Babies On The Rise

Posted 09.27.2011

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It's a trend reminiscent of the "crack baby" epidemic of the 1980s, and doctors say they are seeing more babies than ever before born addicted to pres...

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Ex-Lehman Brothers Director Arrested, Charged With Drug Prescription Forgery

Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Bradley Jack, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Oxycontin, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Drugs, Ritalin, Investment Banking, Business News

A former Lehman Brothers managing director has been arrested on charges of forging a prescription to buy drugs. Bradley Jack, formerly of the faile...

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Why Do We Now Have a Prescription Drug Abuse Problem?

Stanton Peele | Posted 07.30.2011

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People seek most critically in addiction the certainty of an experience, especially that of powerful relief from pain and anxiety. Anything with that effect has strong addictive potential.

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White House Takes On America's Deadliest Drug Abuse Problem

AP | By CURT ANDERSON | Posted 06.20.2011

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MIAMI -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly add...

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WATCH: Whitest Kids U' Know Final Season

Posted 05.29.2011

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Long time NYC favorites and IFC comedy lineup stalwarts, The Whitest Kids U' Know, will be back in April with their 5th and final season. On Monday, ...

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Living and Dying With And Without Harm Reduction

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

A new Vancouver-based program, called Insite, has substantial benefits in terms of reduction in HIV infection and increased follow-up medical treatment of addicts.

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Roughly One In Every Eight New Yorkers Is On OxyContin

Daily Intel | By: | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the past three years, the number of prescriptions for oxycodone in New York City has doubled. The city's special narcotics prosecutor, Bridget Br...

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Medicaid Patients Selling Rx Pain Killers To Drugs Dealers

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ethel Johnson couldn't get her prescription for pain medication filled fast enough. The 60-year-old Buffalo woman was hurting &n...

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GUILTY In Drug Case

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" pleaded guilty Monday to a drug charge and for failing to file a tax return for the ...

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More Teens Receiving Dangerous Prescriptions

Reuters | Alison McCook | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2007, one out of every nine teens and one out of six young adults in their 20s received prescriptions for medication that have the potential for ab...

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