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After noticing more and more patients in her practice struggling with prescription drug addiction, psychiatrist Anna Lembke, MD, investigated the problem of rampant overprescribing in the US medical community and the hidden forces encouraging it. Her resulting 2016 release, Drug Dealer, MD: How […]

A growing body of research suggests that a brain system observed by scientists for only the past two decades could end up serving as a crucial target for long-awaited medication therapies to treat cocaine dependence. The latest study, currently in

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Crystal meth is on the rise in New Hampshire, entering the state through main highways like Interstate 95, but Seacoast police say use of the drug does not appear to be increasing at the same rate

Laura Dashner CEO & President and Sandra Serrano Chief Development Officer are presenting “An Interview with Sandra Sapp: The 2018 DOT Changes Impacting Opioid Testing” at 11:15 AM on October 13th in Minneapolis. The federal DOT regulations expanded the opioid panel

On January 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) added four new opiates (“opioids”) to its drug testing program: hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone. Prior to this change, the only opiates included in the test were codeine, morphine, and

A Connecticut Federal Court recently decided Cross Motions for Summary Judgment in favor of the Plaintiff in a medical marijuana matter involving Connecticut’s medical marijuana law. Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC. d/b/a Bride Brook Health and Rehab. Ctr.,

The government is seeking to tackle the opioid crisis with a crackdown on the production of prescription opioids permitted to be manufactured next year. In a release, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposes slashing “manufacturing

“We are trying to make the establishment of impairment around marijuana rational and to balance fairness and safety,” CEO Mike Lynn told NPR, explaining that his company has created a breath test to detect THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient in

Laura Dashner, CEO  & President and Sandra Serrano, Chief Development Officer are presenting “An Interview with Sandra Sapp” at 4pm on September 25th at the SAPAA Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Join us for a mock interview featuring “Sandra Sapp”,

Researchers have found out that since the prescription opioid crackdown began, sales from dark web sales for the targeted medications have steadily increased. A new study has found the rules meant to crack down on the use of opioids have