Nurse's license suspended for alleged drug abuse
PROVIDENCE,R.I. –The state health director has suspended the license of a registered nurse with a history of substance abuse after he failed a drug test and admitted to taking a dose from an old prescription of the opioid Tramadol. Arthur L. Demedeiros …
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Trial resumes in South Dakota death penalty case
The defense on Tuesday called its first witness, Dr. Eric Kutscher, a pharmacologist who interviewed McVay twice about his drug abuse. Kutscher in court said the dextromethorphan-based pills McVay took are widely known to induce hallucinations when …
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Lawsuit filed in Monroe County inmate's death
"Assignment of a registered professional nurse one year out of nursing school without medical-surgical experience to an intake medical/mental health/substance abuse assessment post without experienced supervision represents inadequate and …
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