Five More Laws to Help Stop Maine's Prescription Drug Epidemic

Published October 15, 2013

Five more laws to help stop Maine's prescription drug epidemic
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Physical exam requirement. Forty-four states require doctors to conduct an exam or screening for signs of substance abuse, or have a real physician-patient relationship that includes an exam, before they prescribe medication. — ID requirement … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Death of Miami teen rekindles debate over Taser safety
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The report's findings are being withheld because of a civil suit the family filed accusing the police of excessive force. Such withholding is normal when suits are … Miami Beach Police officials have suggested he may have died from a pre-existing … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Mental illness woes swamp system
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But forensic psychiatrist Shabehram Lohrasbe believes the gradual closure over the last two decades of Riverview Hospital, a mental health facility in suburban Vancouver, plus the simultaneous “explosion of drug use” could have created the perfect … Read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca