Crackdown on Hydrocodone Drugs Like Vicodin Started With Syracuse Doctor

Crackdown on hydrocodone drugs like Vicodin started with Syracuse doctor

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He was medical director of Tully Hill Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in Tully, the former Benjamin Rush Center in Syracuse, ran the detox unit at Crouse Hospital and worked in other treatment programs. Dougherty, who still lives in the Syracuse area …
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North Fork Woman's Mom: 'Drugs Totally Destroyed Her Life'

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Allar has been raising awareness in the hopes that Suffolk County's recent pilot program for for Narcan, a drug that can reverse an overdose, might be expanded statewide; a second initiative to expand the program is underway that would allow access to …
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Does a Fetus Have More Rights Than a Mother? 'Cocaine Mom' Law Addresses …

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“I didn't know unborn children had lawyers,” recalled Ms. Beltran, now six months pregnant, after returning to her home north of Milwaukee from a court-ordered 78-day stay at a drug treatment center. “I said, 'Where's my lawyer?' ” Even though Beltran …
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