emergency department – Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS)

Beginning Buprenorphine in the Emergency Room

Wednesday, 20 May 2015 by Max Menius

There is an interesting blog post by Dr. Jana Burson in which she discusses a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study occurred in the state of Connecticut, and it centered on providing patients a 3-day supply of buprenorphine when they presented in the ER and were found to

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29,000 Emergency Room Visits From Synthetic Marijuana

Monday, 12 May 2014 by Max Menius

DrugFree.org published an article on May 8, 2014 addressing the arrest of 150 people who were all involved in a synthetic drug operation that reached across 29 states. The drug sting occurred about one week after multiple incidents in Texas in which over 100 people became ill following ingestion of synthetic marijuana. The Director of