FDA Cracks Down, Finally, on Painkillers: Our View

FDA cracks down, finally, on painkillers: Our view
[rewrite]Fourteen years have passed since Ronald Dougherty, a doctor and addiction specialist, noticed something odd at his clinic in suburban Syracuse, N.Y.: More patients were addicted to legal drugs than to illegal narcotics. He petitioned the federal …[/rewrite]
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State penalizes former local psychiatrist
[rewrite]The ruling came after an October hearing, which Lightner attended, about allegations that between 2004 and 2010, Lightner “consistently failed to screen patients for substance abuse, follow-up with patients to monitor their progress while taking …[/rewrite]
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Supporters of marijuana extract present case to Controlled Substance Abuse …
[rewrite]Utah does not legally import the extract but one of the men who helped chemically engineer Charlotte's Web was in the Beehive State Tuesday, hoping Utah will allow the drug for children who have rare forms of epilepsy. Supporters presented their case …[/rewrite]
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