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Needless Suffering of Medical Marijuana Patient Embodies Federal-State

Needless Suffering of Medical Marijuana Patient Embodies Federal-State
He stayed there over the course of three days, was denied his medications just as he had feared, and developed severe opiate and benzodiazepine withdrawal syndromes and was given only clonidine and ibuprofen for treatment. He was then transferred to a …
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America's Opiate War: The Medical Luddites vs. People in Pain
Derek Anderson, a recovering heroin addict, receives treatment from Dr. Christine Pace at a methadone clinic in Boston, July 6, 2011. (Photo: Bryce Vickmark / The New York Times)When I ….. By contrast, the opiate withdrawal syndrome is generally …
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