pain pills
Doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison for part in Reno pill mill
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/20/2017 - 7:23pm
Dr. Robert Rand, whose pain pill prescribing practices led to the death of at least one patient and helped fuel a rampant pill mill run out of the Jones West Ford dealership, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday.
In handing down the sentence, Judge Miranda Du said doctors like Rand, who show ignorance and a reckless disregard for life, are fueling addiction and illegal distribution of pain pills.
"Doctors like Dr. Rand...are enablers and contribute to the opioid crisis in this community," Du said.
Shared pain pills fueling opioid epidemic
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:13pm
As lawmakers grapple with how best to combat the nation’s prescription painkiller abuse crisis, a recent survey is shedding light on how patients who get these medications — drugs such as OxyContin, methadone or Vicodin — sometimes share or mishandle them.
Will buprenorphine and probuphine be the end to opioid addiction?
Submitted by paula on Mon, 06/06/2016 - 7:18pm
Headlines, both regionally and nationally are full of the message: Opioid addiction is sweeping the country and its out of control. With the death of musical artist Prince of an opioid overdose, the stigma of the addiction to strong prescription pain pills has been erased. It isn't a poor person's problem, it isn't an unemployed person's problem, it isn't a metropolitan problem. It is a problem in South Lake Tahoe, Reno, the west and the whole country.
Substance abuse in South Lake Tahoe: HEROIN
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/04/2015 - 5:32pm
South Tahoe Now will be presenting a series on increasing drug use among children and adults in South Lake Tahoe, current trends and solutions. This is the first part in the series: Heroin.
It is euphoria, sensory overload and beyond any pleasure you know. That is the beginning, and the average heroin user will spend years trying to find the same feeling as that first high, ended only by death, or seeking help to rid themselves of the dark beast of addiction. Those are the only two options.
