Orchid Medical Urinary Drug Testing Service Strikes Alliance to Curb …

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By aligning its UDT services to two national companies with drug addiction intervention, treatment and prescription drug management programs, Orchid Medical offers payers, and injured workers in medical treatment for pain a facilitated access to …
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Varied path to recovery

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Barker said he began to drink heavily, then started to abuse cocaine and prescription drugs before he started using heroin. “Once I found that, …. Medicaid covers treatment for drug addiction, Hall said, but people without Medicaid don't have any …
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Recreational Marijuana Users More Likely To Misuse Prescription Drugs …

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The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends™ report, A Report on Marijuana and Prescription Drug Misuse in America, is believed to be one of the largest studies of the correlation between marijuana and prescription drug use in a nationally representative …
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A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse

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Campaigns backed by law enforcement, politicians and a physicians' group would rewrite the rules for use of those hydrocodone-based drugs. The medication would no longer be marketed to treat moderate or chronic pain. Prescriptions would be limited to …
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