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The Pain Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s no secret that professional sports is big business, but the pressures put on some team doctors to nurse high-priced star players back to health is leading to the over-prescription of drugs and ultimately harming the athletes in the long run, an investigation by the fifth estate reveals.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/fifth\/episodes\/2014-2015\/the-pain-game-drugs-doctors-and-pro-sports<\/a><\/p>\n

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Doctors’ groups agree painkillers are over-prescribed \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctors must accept responsibility for Canada\u2019s opioid crisis, but they need help from governments to develop effective solutions, the leaders of several physician regulatory bodies say.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/health-and-fitness\/health\/governments-urged-to-help-doctors-cut-opioid-use\/article20939729\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Solving the painkiller crisis: It\u2019s in the hands of doctors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somewhere in Canada this year, a car accident claimed the life of someone who was taking eight different kinds of potent painkillers.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/solving-the-painkiller-crisis-its-in-the-hands-of-doctors\/article20927273\/?page=all<\/a><\/p>\n

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High-dose opioid prescribing rising dramatically in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rate of high-dose opioid prescribing in Canada has shot up dramatically in the past six years despite guidelines advising against it, suggesting that the country\u2019s prescription drug problem is still out of control.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/health-and-fitness\/health\/high-dose-opioid-prescribing-rising-dramatically-in-canada\/article20584332\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana states<\/strong><\/p>\n

Researchers aren\u2019t sure why, but in the 23 U.S. states where medical marijuana has been legalized, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25 percent, according to a new analysis.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/25\/us-medical-marijuana-deaths-idUSKBN0GP1UJ20140825<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ontario crackdown is curbing prescription opioid abuse, study says<\/strong><\/p>\n

New research shows efforts to fight opioid painkiller misuse in Ontario are putting a small but important dent in the number of prescriptions provided to doctor-shoppers and others who abuse the system.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/health-and-fitness\/health\/ontario-crackdown-is-curbing-prescription-opioid-abuse-study-says\/article21638277\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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OxyContin\u2019s gone, but Canada\u2019s pill-popping problem is worse than ever<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0year\u00a0after\u00a0provincial governments clamped down on the most notorious name in prescription-drug abuse, other, more powerful, less regulated opioids are filling the void \u2013 with sometimes fatal results.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/406186\/oxycontins-gone-but-canadas-pill-popping-problem-is-worse-than-ever\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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