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Rogue pharmacists feed addiction

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Some provide massive amounts of painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs to addicts and dealers, according to state records, regulators and law enforcement officials. By Scott Glover, Lisa Girion and Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times. December 19, 2012 …
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Two-year MaineCare cutoff for opiate addiction drugs kicks in Tuesday

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Health officials say those who still need certain drugs to treat addiction won't be cut off entirely, even as a legislative bill aims to cut off treatment for some. click image to enlarge. Michelle Morin, a registered nurse at Merrimack River Medical …
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Reader's view: Addiction a public health, not a moral, problem

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The underlying cause of prescription narcotic abuse is addiction; and all of the scientific evidence supports the understanding of addiction as a chronic disease, a brain disorder (“Doctors, patients caught in the middle of narcotics 'epidemic,' ” Dec …
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