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Curtailing diversion and abuse of opioid analgesics without jeopardizing pain treatment

Author:

Volkow, Nora D., McLellan, Thomas A.

Publication Date:

April 6, 2011; 305(13):1346-1347

Publication:

JAMA

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Tags: adolescents, diversion, hydrocodone, journal articles, opioid abuse, oxycodone, pain management

Move to kill Florida pill-mill database not appreciated in Kentucky

Publication:

Miami Herald

Publication Date:

02.09.11

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Tags: diversion, Florida, Kentucky, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone, pill mills

Op-Ed: Scott dead wrong on pill-mill law

Publication:

Miami Herald

Publication Date:

02.09.11

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Tags: diversion, editorials, Florida, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone

4 senators ask Florida to end 'flamingo express'

Publication:

Miami Herald

Publication Date:

02.20.11

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Tags: diversion, flamingo express, Florida, laws and regulations, news articles

11 arrested in Palm Beach County as part of multi-agency pill mill raid

Publication:

The Palm Beach Post News

Publication Date:

02.24.11

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Tags: diversion, drug control policy, Florida, news articles, pain clinics, pain management, pill mills

Prescription for peril: how insurance fraud finances theft and abuse of addictive prescription drugs

Publication Date:

2007

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Tags: case investigation, celebrities, demographic characteristics, diversion, doctor shopping, epidemiology, fraud, Internet, law enforcement, methadone, Oxycontin, pain management, pill mills, pill pushers, PMP impact, Vicodin, white paper, Xanax

Prescription opioid usage and abuse relationships: an evaluation of state prescription drug monitoring program efficacy

Author:

Reisman, R. M., Shenoy, P. J., Atherly, A. J., and Flowers, C. R.

Publication Date:

2009

Publication:

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 3 41–51

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Tags: addiction, ARCOS, chilling effect, diversion, evaluations, journal articles, opioid abuse, oxycodone, PMP data, PMP impact, state comparisons, treatment admissions data

Pill pushing physicians

Publication:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Publication Date:

5/23/10

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Tags: diversion, doctor shopping, medical boards, methadone, news articles, opioid abuse, overdoses and deaths, Oxycontin, pill pushers, PMP startup, prescribing practices, Wisconsin, Xanax

Suspended state program may have flagged rogue physician

Publication Date:

6/3/2010

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Tags: case investigation, diversion, doctor shopping, law enforcement, news articles, PMP funding, social costs, Washington

The use and utility of prescription drug monitoring programs

Publication Date:

2007

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Tags: BJA Harold Rogers, diversion, PMP impact, PMP operations, survey data, testimony, treatment admissions data