Research Eyes Pot as Pain Reliever
Research eyes pot as pain reliever
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has a few grant-funded studies on active ingredients in marijuana used as withdrawal medicine for opiates and a treatment medicine for methamphetamine and tobacco addiction, according to the institute's website.
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Recovering addicts feel like 2nd-class citizens in some pharmacies
Reza said that in time, fear of experiencing the painful symptoms of opiate withdrawal came to dominate his life. It took him four years … I asked her 'come again', and she said that she didn't want to stock the medication because it's methadone. To …
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Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers. Stephanie Visintainer, LPN, conducts medical assement of a patient as Detox Counselor Frank Laster looks on at Wilmington Treatment Center in Wilmington, N.C. Monday, March 3, 2014.
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