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Bill Requires Drug Test to Get Cash Assistance

Bill Requires Drug Test to Get Cash Assistance

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H.B. 4118 requires suspicion-based drug screening for applicants and recipients of cash assistance from the Family Independence Program. "To treat people that are on welfare differently we think is just another attack on people because of their …
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Capriati faces charges in Florida

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She was arrested in May of 1994 and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession before eventually agreeing to enter a drug-counseling program. Also in 1994 … And in 2010, she required treatment following an accidental drug overdose. Capriati was …
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Local Groups Work to Address Area's Substance Abuse Issues

Local groups work to address area's substance abuse issues

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From police and doctors to schools and families, many throughout Northern Kentucky are impacted by an increasing number local residents struggling with addiction. With heroin-related incidents and drug overdose deaths on the rise, several groups are …
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Bill aims to tighten restrictions on painkiller hydrocodone

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Taking aim at "America's most abused narcotic," congressional lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would place tighter restrictions on the painkiller hydrocodone, which is a key contributor to the nation's prescription drug death epidemic …
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Safe Harbor Bill to PROTECT INFANTS Wins Passage in Senate Health and

Safe harbor bill TO PROTECT INFANTS wins passage in senate health and

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Carla Saunders, a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Advance Practice Coordinator for the Pediatrics Medical Group at East Tennessee Children's Hospital, told committee members their hospital is averaging about one baby per day born with NAS. … After …
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Senate passes Yager's infant care bill

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Proposed Missouri Law Aimed at Saving Lives After Drug Overdoses

Proposed Missouri law aimed at saving lives after drug overdoses

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“So to describe them as the type who might think, 'Gee, I better take this guy for help,' might be a stretch.” … Kathie Kane-Willis, director of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University, in Chicago, studies addiction-related …
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Wrinkle-busting Botox brings optimism to overactive bladder sufferers

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Officials: W.Va. Pill Users Turning to Heroin

Officials: W.Va. pill users turning to heroin

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21, 2013, at Marshall University's Forensic Science Center in Huntington, W.Va. … According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West Virginia has the second-highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation. … a crackdown on pill …
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Quinn stands by decision to close 2 prisons, despite inmate crowding

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Physician Liability: When an Overdose Brings a Lawsuit

Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit

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The growing epidemic has lead some states to develop drug monitoring programs to track drug users, while hospitals and health centers in some cities have tightened restrictions on medication prescriptions and refills. Most drug overdose deaths are from …
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Opana, Alcohol and Adderall: More Reasons Why Prescription Meds and Booze

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