New State Regulations Make Heroin Treatment Challenging

Published April 24, 2014

New state regulations make heroin treatment challenging
"As written, this could dramatically reduce access to care for patients," Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, president of the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine, said of a proposed bill that seeks to put more oversight on doctors prescribing the heroin …
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Stocks log longest winning streak in six months
Allergan, which makes the anti-wrinkle treatment Botox, surged in after-hours trading on news that the activist investor William Ackman was teaming up with Valeant Pharmaceuticals to buy the company. Allergan's stock jumped $ 28, or 20 percent, to $ 170.
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MARATHON WATCH: Running for a friend hurt by bomb
In an average year, he said, 3 or 4 percent of the runners need medical treatment of some kind. … from law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, state and federal agencies and the National Guard were monitoring the race from a …
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