MDs Facing Abuse From Addicted Patients
MDs facing abuse from addicted patients
A rise in opioid-related overdoses and deaths is leading provinces to tighten regulatory controls over their prescribing. For their study, the researchers surveyed MDs attending an annual "fall refresher" course in Halifax in 2011. A total of 316 …
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“Heroin consumed my life; it was the only thing I did”
According to state Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Jim Pertzborn, 199 people died of a heroin overdose in Wisconsin in 2012 — up 50 percent from the previous year. Between 2000 and 2007, 29 people died in …
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