Special Report: State Spends Millions on Addiction-Fighting Drug That Is …

Published February 14, 2014

Special Report: State spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is …
The state last year spent $ 8.25 million in Medicaid money on buprenorphine, a narcotic prescribed to help Vermonters overcome dependency on opiates. Suboxone State officials have no idea how much buprenorphine, known by the brand name Suboxone, …
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DeWine Conducts Springfield Town Hall On Drug Abuse
"And that is not even talking about the prescription drug problem which is pretty much the same problem," says DeWine. "So you may have 3 or … She founded Cole's Warriors, to help fight drug abuse in the schools and the community. "Even though he is …
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CMS Seeks To Fight Prescription Drug Abuse With Proposed New Rules
Although we were successful in helping this physician be exonerated, he had to endure the time, expense, and anxiety associated with multiple investigations by criminal and licensing authorities. The problem of prescription drug abuse is a growing …
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Prescription drugs lead to growing problem of infant addiction
The rise of prescription drug addiction has resulted in more babies born addicted to narcotics compared to just two decades ago, when infant addiction was associated more with street-level drugs. A 2012 study published in The Journal of the American …
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