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Aristus

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6. Here in Washington State, we integrate careful opioid prescribing with

Reply to dlwickham (Original post)

Sat Jan 20, 2018, 06:19 PM

Jan 2018

suboxone and methadone clinics, pain management, drug treatment, and social services.

When we say we want to decrease deaths from opioid overdoses, and addiction to pain medications, we mean it.

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WV pharmacies dispensed 31M fewer painkillers and other powerful drugs last year [View all] dlwickham Jan 2018 OP

And how many beds were added to treatment facilities and how many new Suboxone patient slots ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #1

Add klonopin to that list. Benzodiazapene withdrawal is the worst and most deadly of all withdrawals dewsgirl Jan 2018 #5

Oh, yeah, forgot the Klonnies ... that whole class ... even the 'pseudos' like Ambien are abused mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #8

They gotta fill up all those private prisons they built in the '90s BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #7

Yeah, 'cause the streets are flooded with carfentanil now. Ligyron Jan 2018 #2

It's stronger mg-per-mg but its not a better high ... fentanyl is the dirt-weed of opioids really mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #9

I was being somewhat sarcastic. Ligyron Jan 2018 #13

But there's this... Rollo Jan 2018 #3

Skyrocketing could be a stretch given we don't know the actual count ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #10

Oh, I don't know. Opiods tend to make one stop caring... I find that disturbing... Rollo Jan 2018 #11

I'll just leave this link here pecosbob Jan 2018 #4

Here in Washington State, we integrate careful opioid prescribing with Aristus Jan 2018 #6

How to stop drug use without a wall GusBob Jan 2018 #12