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The invisible flood: Emergency managers' emails reveal behind-the-scenes …
Hospital emergency rooms morphed into de facto methadone clinics for recovering heroin addicts. Trapped citizens reached out online to … The main road into town, U.S. 34, was washed out and more rain was forecast. Two school buses later accessed …
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A Brief History of Painkillers (And Why They Work)
Above: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone posing together in hospital beds after receiving treatment for injuries sustained from movie stunts. Taken in 2012 … Some Native American cultures sucked on pain pipes held against a person's skin …
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ANN ARBOR: UM study finds 1 in 10 older teens misuse prescription painkillers …
ANN ARBOR — With prescription drug abuse at epidemic levels nationwide, and overdoses killing more people than auto accidents in many states, a new University of Michigan study provides striking new data about the misuse of potent prescription …
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No. 3 Florida State gains ground on new AP poll
You've probably heard of Methadone, and perhaps Suboxone, as drugs used to treat opiate addiction. But have you heard of Vivitrol?Full Story > …. Notre Dame moved back into the rankings at No. 24 and Michigan fell out after losing to Michigan State.
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Study: 10 percent of teens in the ER abuse prescription drugs
Approximately one in 10 young teenagers receiving emergency medical treatment admitted to abusing prescription painkillers and sedatives like Oxycontin and Valium within the last year, according to new research from the University of Michigan released …
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New Rutland methadone clinic opens
But now a new methadone clinic in Rutland will be offering treatment, counseling and a variety of other services to people trying to kick the habit. West Ridge Center for Addiction Recovery Program Director Jessi Farnsworth says after a year of …
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FDA wants limits on most prescribed painkillers
That ease of access has made it many health care professionals' top choice for treating chronic pain, everything from back pain to arthritis to toothaches. In 2011, U.S. doctors wrote more than 131 million prescriptions for hydrocodone, making it the …
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FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill Zohydro ER for patients with pain that requires "daily, around-the-clock, long-term treatment" that cannot be treated with other drugs. Hydrocodone is currently sold in combination pills like …
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Question by T: Anyone heard of treating heroin addiction and depression with marijuana?
I am looking for websites or articles that talk about this issue. This is a serious question and I would really appreciate serious answers. I know that marijuana has medicinal uses and that depression and heroin addiction are treated with pharmaceutical drugs. I am looking for current, credible research on the issue…please…thanks :o)

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Answer by Eric L
No, heroin addiction and depression are not good things to be treated by marijuana. First of all, heroin addiction is not like other addictions: when you “kick it” you go through physical withdrawals, and it is very painful and unpleasant. Marijuana would not help that, other than with the nausea some people report when going through withdrawal. However, marijuana would most likely increase the anxiety one feels when in withdrawal. And depression is a terrible thing to treat with marijuana. Prescription medications such as Zoloft and other SSRI’s “fix” your depression by regulating your serotonin re-uptake, whereas marijuana increases it temporarily to a level where you get euphoria, and then when the marijuana wears off, the serotonin levels plummet below the level they were at before using marijuana.    Read more...

RAW New methadone clinic
Now, he and a group of other specially trained family doctors are going to run a methadone clinic in the city, separate from the provincially run program at the Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility in Mount Herbert. The Mount Herbert program has a …
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