Prescription Drug Detoxification Concepts – Pain Didactic: Prescription Drug Detoxification Concepts (Inpatient/Outpatient) Charles Perkel, MD Addiction Psychiatrist Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

 

Good Samaritan law a key weapon in the war on drugs

Filed under: drug detoxification

The latest statistics offered show that more than 27,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2007, mostly by prescription drugs, sometimes mixed with alcohol. We have found at Sunrise Detox that many drug overdoses happen in the company of others, who …
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Bogota provides drugs to 500 addicts in pilot program

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More than 500 Colombians have begun drug detoxification programs, which entail supplying prescription drugs to addicts, Bogota's Secretary of Health said Tuesday. "Operation CAMAD" is a government-backed program designed to fight the war on drugs in …
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Novus Medical Detox Warns Public About New “Prescription Tourists”

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These “prescription tourists” visit Florida's pill mills and then return to their home states with prescriptions for high dosages of harmful drugs to sell. Novus Medical Detox warns against the dangers of prescription tourists and pain clinics, and …
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