Opiate overload: Muskogee VA top issuer of opiate prescriptions

Opiate overload: Muskogee VA top issuer of opiate prescriptions
In 2009, new VA regulations required clinicians to follow an “integrated approach” to helping veterans in pain, including a stronger focus on treating the root causes of pain rather than using powerful narcotics to reduce symptoms. But despite the … Read more on Enid News & Eagle

Officials on alert for 'krokodil'
The drug, aptly named krokodil (or “crocodile”), has many nicknames, but the symptoms remain the same: green scaly skin and, in some severe cases, rotted flesh that results in gaping wounds leaving bones and tendons exposed. While there are no … Read more on St. George Daily Spectrum

Dealing with unexpected stresses
Many of our worst feelings are connected to matters we have little control over, such as storms, unexpected illnesses and deaths of loved ones — and for farmers, crops and livestock as well, as occurred in South Dakota during the recent severe … Read more on Iowa Farmer Today

The Children of Drugs: Covering Up and Surviving
The federal government's Iowa Drug Control Update reports 4% of Iowa residents reporting "illicit drug use" in the previous month of a 2010 survey with the national average at about 8%. Yet, for the children who are in a home with illegal drug abuse … Read more on KCRG