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15 people arrested in Crawford Co. drug investigation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Indiana State Police, along with multiple local agencies, arrested 15 people on felony arrest warrants for drug violations Friday in Crawford County, Indiana. Police say this action is a result of a covert drug investigation …
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Mitch McConnell's 30-Year Senate Legacy Leaves Kentucky In The Lurch
Keith Runyon was a veteran reporter and editorial page editor for the Louisville-based Courier-Journal, Kentucky's dominant statewide paper, which has generations of close personal ties to state and national Democrats. He witnessed McConnell's rise in …
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Question by fran g: What is the best way to get off opioid drugs?
I have a relative who after 15 years of drug addiction is still unable to kick the habit. He began by using heroin, then got into methadone treatment, then into methadose treatment and is currently taking anti-anxiety medication.

Best answer:

Answer by Doc
You should ask a doctor, we are ordinary people. So… methadone maintenance, a little morphine, to narcotics, then taper off, then none.

Answer by engakwasdky
In addition to the other answer on here, your relative probably needs to check into a medical treatment facility. If he is in active addiction, it could be dangerous if he attempts to “come down” on his own or without medical professionals present to help him through the process. Once he is clean of substances, he will need treatment to help him see why he uses drugs (other than the chemical dependency) and will need help setting up a support system.    Read more...

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Investors have spent May scanning anxiously for signs that the rally is over, but Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke may just have fired the starting pistol on a wave of selling that might go on for weeks. Today's market action was like a day out at …
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Act injects new rules for supervised drug use
The Respect for Communities Act obliges safe injection site applicants to obtain the opinions of local law enforcement, municipal leaders, public health officials and the provincial or territorial health ministers and provide them to the federal …
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Pain or Feign?
It is of critical importance that the new regulations must not compromise the care of patients with genuine pain-management needs. Also of major importance, the physicians who specialize in the treatment of these patients and who have a high percentage …
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Doctor disciplined for methadone prescriptions likely to close practice
Lamp had contended in criminal proceeding that he has prescribed methadone to patients for chronic pain, not for a substance abuse treatment program. Methadone eases pain in patients, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. For abusers …
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NEW DETAILS: Acquitted Grundy doctor prescribed methadone for pain, not …
“Dr. Lamp was going to defend on the grounds that he was not running any substance abuse treatment program,” Engels said. “He has prescribed medication to patients that had suffered chronic pain. The state's interpretation of that was that he was …
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Drug overdose deaths spike among middle-aged women
That means doctors should consider the possibility of addiction in female patients, think of alternative treatments for chronic pain, and consult state drug monitoring programs to find out if a patient has a worrisome history with painkillers. The CDC …
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Rise in heroin overdoses in Kalamazoo area alarms police, is combination of …
“When I first came here in 1996, an opiate-addicted person was maybe less than 10 percent of the people we treated; now it's at least 50 percent. “A typical person coming in these days will mention methadone, Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin all in one …
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Bill funding drug court waits for governor's signature
Ohio House Bill 59 is waiting to be signed into law by Governor John Kasich and will contain funding for an Addiction Treatment Pilot Program for the Scioto County drug court program conducted by Scioto County Common Pleas Court Judge William T …
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Police Report: June 17
A 28-year-old woman from Sharon, Wis., was arrested at St. Luke's South Shore Hospital, 5900 S. Lake Drive, after she punched two hospital employees, around 11:30 p.m. June 13. … The woman was taken to the Winnebago Mental Health Facility for …
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