March 6, 2003 To Clare W. Kavin and Staff: Three weeks ago today, I was in the ICU, about to undergo “rapid detox” with Dr. Clifford Bernstein. I left for home a mere 24 hours later, weak, wobbly and totally opiate-free. Wow! My story fits into the classic – one minute I was sitting at…
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CEDAR CITY — Two more Cedar High School students have been arrested in connection with the series of drug charges filed since Friday, bringing the latest total to eight. A 15-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday and charged with theft for allegedly stealing some Lortab tablets from a friend’s house. A 14-year-old boy was arrested at…
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Dear Ms. Waismann and all the doctors at the Institute, I would like to share with you a letter I have submitted for the Congressional hearings Feb. 9. I know you doctors are working hard with many of the victims of this disaster and I would like to thank you for your dedication and service…
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‘Rapid detox’ promises opiate addicts an easier out, but some doctors call for more studies to prove its value. October 28, 2002|Daniel Costello | Special to The Times Lisa Hill, a 27-year-old prescription drug addict, lies in a hospital bed in Tustin, about to undergo her third detox attempt. A few minutes later, doctors…
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When Winona Ryder last went to court, the prosecution dropped the drug charge against her. Deputy District Attorney Ann Rundle explained that the prescription came from a doctor. When Ryder was arrested for shoplifting at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, she was caught with a painkiller called Endocet, in the same drug family as…
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A Prescription for Pain: Opiate Dependency on the Rise by Clare Waismann When Americans think of drug abuse, they often picture junkies lurking in alleyways and drug dealers peddling their merchandise from the shadows of inner-city avenues. Many would be surprised, then, to learn that hundreds of thousands of Americans line up to get their…
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Oxycontin Addiction on CBS; “I never said I want to grow up to be a junkie, ever,” says 22-year-old Troy. But he did, and he now he is ashamed of it. Like tens of thousands of people around the country, he breaks the law every day, abusing a powerful painkiller called OxyContin. “If I were…
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by Robert Davis Andy Sachs is not the stereotypical opiate junkie. He gets his drugs from a pharmacy, not a street dealer. He began taking his medicine for severe pain, not for the high. And the drug he’s hooked on is more widely used than heroin. Six million people a year take OxyContin. His…
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Heroin Addiction The Globe – Young and Wild Teen idol Leif Garrett’s world came crashing down when he drove a car over the side of an 80-foot hill in a drug-fueled stupor and paralyzed his passenger for life. The scandal and ensuing $7.1 million judgment against him sent the I Was Made for Dancing heartthrob…
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Rapid Detox has become the celebrity health craze.The system is replacing the traditional cold turkey and 12 steps in Hollywood. Doctors at the Waismann Institute in Beverly Hills give patients an anesthetic before draining their bowels to flush out any drugs and toxins. They claim “film and music celebrities” among those they treat.”Sixty percent of…
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