Doctor Testifies on Behalf of Heroin-Addicted Burglary Suspect Trying to Use …

Published April 9, 2014

Doctor testifies on behalf of heroin-addicted burglary suspect trying to use …
The doctor's testimony is part of what may be the first test of “opioid use disorder” as a basis for an insanity defense, because it was only classified as such in the DSM, the authoritative book on mental illnesses, in its 2013 fifth edition. Kardaras …
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Nurse's license suspended for alleged drug abuse
PROVIDENCE,R.I. –The state health director has suspended the license of a registered nurse with a history of substance abuse after he failed a drug test and admitted to taking a dose from an old prescription of the opioid Tramadol. Arthur L. Demedeiros …
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Coateville police want your (prescription) drugs
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the increase in drug abuse prescribed opioid pain medication has an effect similar to the effects of heroin. … The Chester County District Attorney's Office released 2013 heroin overdose statistics …
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