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Son's heroin death prompts dad to seek HIPAA rule change

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Heroin use and arrests in Camden have steadily increased over the past five years, a trend Thomson — like many in law enforcement — contends is "precipitated by the pandemic of opioid prescription drug abuse of the most popular pills OxyContin …
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Former drug addict offers reality check

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Methadone is used to treat heroin addiction, and there are medications prescribed to assist users coping with other drug addictions. Addis said offering drug addicts those medications that aim to curb addictions is not a good approach. “The idea that …
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Long-acting Pain Drugs No Longer Approved for Treating Moderate Pain

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Each year, 16,000 people die of overdoses that include prescription opioids— and the extended-release and long-acting drugs such as Oxycontin or methadone are disproportionately responsible for such deaths. … wrongfully assume that limiting opioid …
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