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Fighting opiate addictions with new treatment option allows patients greater freedom

Russell Faria, an osteopathic physician with a new and growing family practice near Covington, has added a new tool to his medical toolkit a ' a medication than can help people kick addictions to drugs like OxyContin.
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One in 10 High School Seniors Have Used Narcotic Painkillers

Pain relief isn't the main reason why one in 10 high school seniors have tried opioid drugs, a new U.S. study finds.

Neglect leads doctor to five years in prison

A federal judge sentenced Honolulu physician Barry Odegaard to five years in prison yesterday for prescribing powerful painkillers to patients without examining them to determine whether there was medical…
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Deaths soar as methadone goes Main St.

Methadone, once used mainly in addiction treatment centers to replace heroin, is being given out by family doctors, osteopaths and nurse practitioners for throbbing backs, joint injuries and other severe pains.

London couple charged with trafficking

By Brad Hicks / Staff Writer A London couple was arrested last Wednesday on drug-trafficking charges.
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Chronic pain vexes patients, physicians

Mary Jane Hicks-Vaughan, 60, spent four years in bed before she could find a doctor to get rid of her daily migraines.

Eight-month-long operation ends with 32 drug arrests

Authorities across southwest Virginia are still seeking a dozen individuals facing charges in a major drug round-up that has already led to 32 arrests and 160 drug related charges.
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Feds: Doctor wrote bogus prescriptions

A physician once named Lake Wylie's "citizen of the year" has agreed to pay $72,000 to settle federal allegations that he improperly prescribed the powerful painkiller oxycodone — which wound up being sold illegally on the street.
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Members of Lee County oxycodone distribution ring sentenced

Published 08/04/2007 By Staff report Five members of a former oxycodone distribution ring in Lee County were sentenced Monday in federal court in Abingdon to a total of 46 years in prison.
via Times-News Online

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Report: Man killed friend, left with 20 pills

NEWARK — Twenty OxyContin pills. That's what Jason L. Martin came away with after he stabbed to death a man "who was like a brother to him," according to investigative documents in the capital case against…
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