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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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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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'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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Was Whitney Houston Doing What A Lot of Post 50s Do?

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.23.2012

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Who among us hasn't, at least on occasion (if not with some regularity), washed down an anti-anxiety pill with a glass of wine? And is it really a potentially lethal thing to do?

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The War Over Prescription Painkillers

Radley Balko | Posted 03.30.2012

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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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Powerful New Drug Has Experts Worried

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 12.29.2011

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NEW YORK -- Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction exper...

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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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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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Feds Lower Painkiller Dose In Vicodin, Percocet

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have bee...

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Don't Take Away Lindsay's Pills! (All at Once, That Is)

Joshua Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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My biggest fear for Lindsay is that the drugs get taken away immediately. This is a terrible and dangerous idea. She needs to be slowly and carefully weaned off of painkillers.

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Brittany Murphy's Missing Vicodin

tmz.com | Posted Feb 27th 2010 1:00AM by TMZ Staff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brittany Murphy obtained a prescription for 120 hydrocodone (Vicodin) pills 11 days before her death .... and the day she died there were only 11 pill...

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A Tribute to a Friend I Never Knew

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brittany Murphy, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Brittany Murphy Death, Prescription Drugs, Medical Marijuana, Vicodin, Prescription Painkillers, Hollywood, Denver News

Perhaps it's because Brittany Murphy suffered from the same health condition or simply because she died on my birthday. Regardless, I am compelled to write a tribute I hope might save others.

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Brittany Murphy and the Hollywood Fishbowl

Ruth Fowler | Posted 11.17.2011

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If I ever started abusing substances again it will be because I have an irresistible and distorted urge to enjoy illicit substances 'recreationally,' 'without harm.' The sad thing is River, Heath, DJ AM and Brittany probably thought the same.

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Limbaugh to Rename Rams Stadium 'The House of Painkillers'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The acquisition of the Rams would represent the culmination of a dream for Mr. Limbaugh, who had previously tried to acquire the Minnesota NFL team and rename it the Minnesota Vicodins.

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Rehab Checks Into Melanie Griffith

Ben Berkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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The idea of physically entering someone's body, though seemingly impossible and potentially life-threatening, is being seen as a "revolutionary advancement in D-list celebrity addiction treatment."

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Miami Social: My Hair Raising Experience

Michael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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I went on for opportunities. The opportunity to further my professional and personal fronts and now the PR firm that reps Rogaine has found me and they are sending me samples.

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 11.17.2011

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We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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Panel Wants Ban on Percocet and Vicodin

nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 11.17.2011

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A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...

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Recent Heroin Surge: A Major Threat

Joshua Lyon | Posted 11.17.2011

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If you're hooked on an opiate, and you find that same high at a much cheaper price, it becomes much easier to justify using heroin.

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What's Television Telling Us About American Men in Deep-uh-?

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe this is an overdue recognition that men -- traditionally socialized to be strong, to deny their flaws adamantly -- are finally able to come face to face with them.

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Cindy McCain's Drug Addiction More Extensive Than Previously Thought

Washington Post | Kimberly Kindy | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Cindy McCain is asked what issues she would champion as first lady, she often cites one of the most difficult periods of her life: her battle wit...

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Hugh Laurie Experimented With Vicodin For House Role

People | Posted 05.25.2011

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Not that he's been labeled a realistic Method actor before, but Hugh Laurie admits he attempted to get closer to the character he portrays on House --...

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