Avoiding Confusion: Pain Management and Addiction Treatment

Avoiding Confusion: Pain Management and Addiction Treatment – Pain management is often confused with addiction treatment. At Clarity Way, our experienced staff takes a holistic approach to helping our clients with pain …

Bill on state drug database clears House panel

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The system, which went live in September 2011, was designed to help crack down on the "pill mills" selling mostly painkillers to drug dealers and addicts. Law enforcement officials have said the inability to track prescriptions contributed to Florida …
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St. James: The war on drugs has failed

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Take drug addiction rates. Common sense would say that after 40 years of constant "War" that fewer people would be addicted to drugs today than say… 1973. Except they aren't. In fact, over the entire span of the "War On Drugs" drug addiction rates …
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Viewpoints: Looking for the budget's true bottom line; The debate on Plan B …

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"Doctors were led to believe the risk of addiction was low … that you could prescribe these drugs safely," said drug expert Dr. Michael Von Korff. Now studies suggest that as many as 1 in 4 patients wind up abusing their opioid medication. What the …
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Tiny dancers perform with the big kids in ballet inspired by Elton John

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They had to be good on in-line skates and bicycles, and for costume reasons had to be between 4 feet and 4-foot-6 tall. “She doesn't do any actual dancing,” Petkun's mom, Svetlana, said. “She rollerblades and rides a bike.” That doesn't bother … Love …
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