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Medical experts denounce policy’s “false claims and empty promises” and doctors join call for decriminalisation of drugs — but is the Government capable of listening? Deaths caused by drugs...
Dr Jane Barton is a retired GP who, according to the results of a recent inquiry, signed off prescriptions for opioid medications that led to the deaths of up to 650 people at Gosport War Memorial...
U.S. pharmacy chain CVS has recently updated their policy on opioid pain medications as a means of helping to combat the opioid abuse and addiction epidemic. A statement released on the company’s...
The so-called “prescription pill epidemic” has been making headlines in the U.S. for years—and much to the consternation of chronic pain patients and their advocates, few media outlets or...
The shocking and untimely death of musical icon Prince earlier this year saddened millions of fans and fellow musicians around the world—but the news media, particularly in the U.S., seemingly...
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new set of guidelines for doctors intended to reduce the “addiction risk” of prescription painkillers such as...