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by Susan BrinkNational Geographic When people hear the phrase “accidental drug overdose,” they naturally assume that someone mistakenly snorted, shot up, or swallowed too much. But a heroin overdose, such as the one likely suffered by the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman over the weekend, is not that simple. A heroin overdose happens because use of […]

by Steven Scanlan, M.D.Palm Beach Outpatient DetoxBoca Raton, FLwww.pbod.org(561) 901-0040This discussion is addressed to providers as well as their patients who have become dependent on Suboxone (buprenorphine plus naloxone) or Subutex (buprenorphine alone) and who are seeking knowledge and hopefully wisdom about its use and abuse. Knowledge allows us to know, but wisdom gives us

An Expert Talks About Suboxone: Dr. Steven Scanlan of Palm Beach Outpatient Detox Steven Scanlan, M.D. is board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine. In his practice, Palm Beach Outpatient Detox (PBOD), on the Florida coast, he has detoxed more than a thousand patients off many drugs, including alcohol, benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, etc.), and sleep aids.

NY TIMESBy DEBORAH SONTAGNovember 16, 2013 For Shawn Schneider, a carpenter and rock musician, the descent into addiction began one Wisconsin winter with a fall from a rooftop construction site onto the frozen ground below. As the potent pain pills prescribed for his injuries became his obsessive focus, he lost everything: his band, his job,

By Dieter Kurtenbach, Sun Sentinel4:27 p.m. EDT, November 2, 2013 The abrupt resignations of FAU football coach Carl Pelini and his defensive coordinator came after an assistant coach stated in an affidavit that he observed both men using marijuana and cocaine, the Sun Sentinel has learned. Two sworn affidavits, obtained by the Sun Sentinel late

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is recommending new restrictions on prescription medicines containing hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S. In a major policy shift, the agency said in an online notice Thursday that hydrocodone-containing drugs should be subject to the same

By Katie Hunt, for CNN updated 2:15 AM EDT, Tue October 1, 2013 Hong Kong (CNN) — The global war on drugs is failing, new research suggests, as the price of heroin, cocaine and cannabis has fallen while their purity has increased. Using seven sets of government drug surveillance data, a team of Canadian and

I HAVE been struggling with an addiction to opiates for the past three years. It started with prescription painkillers and progressed to full-blown heroin dependence. In an attempt to kick the habit I signed up for a traditional 30-step inpatient treatment that involved individual and group counselling, and which cost about $30,000. That was a

by Anna Klassen ‘That ’70s Show’ actress Lisa Robin Kelly died in her sleep Wednesday evening after checking into a rehab facility. That ’70s Show star Lisa Robin Kelly has died at age 43. The actress, who played older sister Laurie Forman on the hit show, passed away in her sleep Wednesday night in a