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• Drug shortages may hinder care

  April 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 Spokane paramedics are concerned that nationwide medication shortages will keep them from providing the best emergency care, the Spokane Fire Department announced Wednesday. Brian Schaeffer, assistant fire chief, said Wednesday …

• 1990s saw hard push for legal opiates

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A8 Washington’s emergence as a state with one of the highest rates of both opiate prescriptions and deaths was not, in hindsight, an accident. In 1995, Purdue Pharma introduced OxyContin in … 4

• Prescription drug abuse, deaths target of new Washington law

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A1 At the height of his addiction, Joshua Dameron would cruise through emergency rooms in Spokane, hoping to score his next fix. Dameron got hooked on prescription pain medication after suffering … 40

• Mom’s nightmare becomes a cause

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page A9 Dr. Rosemary Orr didn’t see it coming. It was the morning after Mother’s Day. She needed a ride to work, so her 24-year-old son Robin drove her. She was in … 2

• FDA panel: eliminate Vicodin, similar drugs

  June 30, 2009 in Nation/World Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.