Prescribing Opioids Lead to Admissions for Substance Abuse Treatment and Deaths

Published December 6, 2012

Prescribing opioids lead to admissions for substance abuse treatment and deaths
Filed under: cocaine treatment news
A Viewpoint article published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the clinical practice of prescribing amphetamines, opioids, and benzodiazepines to treat chronic pain may be contributing to the increase in fatal … Read more on News-Medical.net

Vulin drug conviction 'could harm treatment'
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Burns victim Dana Vulin could be prevented from travelling overseas for treatment after she was fined and convicted for a string of drug offences this morning. Vulin did not appear in Perth Magistrate's Court today where she was fined $ 3250 after pleas … Read more on The West Australian