![]() ![]() He has also authored last year’s, “The Pain Antidote,” which prescribes managing pain rather than drowning it out with drugs. Las Vegas Doctor Mel Pohl has treated those with opioid addiction for decades. The question becomes: what does the public know about addiction that scientists who study addiction don’t?Īnd does it even matter, especially in Nevada? ![]() It is holding public hearings, and taking comments online about its proposals. Now the CDC will do something it has never done before. The CDC was all set to release a new set of guidelines in two weeks for prescription painkillers. That’s the backdrop for a recent decision by the federal Centers for Disease Control. And for years, Nevada has ranked near the top in the number of deaths from painkiller overdoses per 100,000 people. Heroin overdoses rose from 19 in 2010 to 52 in 2014. While a recent report from Nevada says cases of overdoses are on the decline, that is not the case for heroin. ![]() Addiction to painkillers, the kind that are prescribed such as oxycontin, or illegal, such as heroin, is on the rise in the United States. ![]()
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