'First Look': First News for July 17
'First Look': First News for July 17
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A judge also recommended Ruiz participate in a substance abuse treatment program while in prison. An indictment in the case said Ruiz prescribed the painkiller "without a legitimate medical purpose." The Medical Board issued a "notice of automatic …
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Doctor: Promoter knew about Michael Jackson's drug dependency
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AEG Live lawyers argue their executives had no way of knowing that Murray — whom they say Jackson chose and controlled — was giving him the dangerous infusions in the privacy of Jackson's bedroom to treat his insomnia. "They were a concert promoter …
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'Glee' star's OD shows the new, fresh face of heroin
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Meanwhile, the U.S. government crackdown on abuse of prescription opiates like oxycodone, has made the painkillers harder and more expensive to get, especially in rural areas where the pills had become popular recreational drugs. So drug users turned …
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Bitter Pills series: Physicians say colleagues need to heed warning signs of …
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Bitter Pills series: Physicians say colleagues need to heed warning signs of prescription drug abuse. > <. Story Photo. > < … On top of that, many family doctors do not have much formal training in the best ways to treat chronic pain. "Our state of …
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