Addiction clinic to openin Covington by summer

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COVINGTON — A network of drug-abuse treatment centers based in Pittsburgh has taken majority ownership of a planned methadone clinic here and hopes to be operating by summer. Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc., is planning to open the the clinic at …
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Columbus Dispatch Omits Key Facts On Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients

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For example, New York and Maryland each considered a program to randomly drug test those receiving welfare, but abandoned the plan as not cost-effective, given that urinalysis is almost exclusively a barometer of marijuana use and that welfare …
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Legal Pot And Drug-Free Work Places: A Bad Combination

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… what they want to do, and to talk with their employees about what the policies are," said Mark Berry, an employment lawyer. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a Denver-based chain with locations in the two states, has no plans to revisit its drug policy …
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Opioid Overdose Focus of AMA/CDC Education Effort

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"Prescription drug abuse is a serious epidemic that cannot be ignored, and any action we take to prevent it must ensure that patients who are suffering from chronic pain get the treatment they need," Jeremy Lazarus, MD, president of the AMA, said in …
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