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- rearlgrant, on 08/08/2008, -0/+2Of all the issues in this case, this one pisses me off the most.
A military employee allegedly attacks civilian lawmakers of the opposition party and the Republican Party's Bush Administration FBI behaves, for over five years, as if his mental illness is a non-issue...
And absolutely zero calls for Congressional oversight/investigation. Cluck, cluck, cluck. - joe8pack, on 08/09/2008, -0/+2that's an easy one, the reason he kept his security clearance is he wasn't the one spreading anthrax, the FBI apparently knew he was safe to keep working in a lab full of WMD, because he wasn't dangerous, just crazy. The FBI kept pushing his buttons, with the help of a "theripist" who was funneling confidential patient data back to the FBI, so they would know where to push and when.
He was never formally charged with any crimes by the FBI, they have nothing but circumstantial evidence, and we don't even know if Bruce Ivins died from the tylenol or a codeine antagonist his "theripist" wrote an article on in the local paper. Hell we don't even know if he took the drugs that killed him. Millions of dollars of our tax paying dollars wasted on this charade of a case. They could pretty much railroad anybody with the amount of money they wasted, at least anybody but Steven Hatfill. - mrgreenjeans, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1"How did anthrax suspect Ivins keep security clearance?"
That was my first question when this story broke. They tell us this is "the guy" and they've been building this case for years. He's a raving lunatic and oh, we've let him keep his job for the past seven years working with bio-weapons. WTF?
Oh, he just killed himself. Case closed. - joe8pack, on 08/09/2008, -0/+1Suboxone can cause severe liver damage, especially when combined with tylenol. Did anybody check Bruce Ivins' corpse for Suboxone? Seems his "theripist" was pretty keen on the stuff - here's an article she contributed to, which is kinda fishy, cause she apparently had several DUI's and some drug charges, along with an assualt charge for beating her husband, not exactly an impecable source to help with an article for publication.
Suboxone provides promising treatment for prescription addicts
Originally published June 29, 2008
By Ashley Andyshak
News-Post Staff
Bill Baisey KIA
The lifestyles of Jean Duley's clients run the gamut: long-time street drug users, those who were prescribed powerful painkillers after an injury or operation and are now addicted, and middle-class housewives who abuse prescriptions, to name a few.
"Prescription drug abuse is the biggest kept secret," said Duley, program director at Comprehensive Counseling Associates in Frederick. "It's a lot more prevalent than people can imagine."
In December, Comprehensive Counseling became one of three practices in Frederick County to prescribe suboxone, which Duley calls a "miracle drug" for those addicted to pain medication. The center now prescribes suboxone to about 50 clients.
Suboxone is a partial opioid agonist, containing enough buprenorphine (an opioid) to eliminate cravings and symptoms of withdrawal. The pill also contains naloxone, an opioid antagonist, which blocks the user's ability to get high on any other drug, Duley said.
Clients usually come to the center for suboxone in the midst of withdrawal, and with regular treatment, clients have gone from "living a nightmare, to feeling like they have a brain for the first time in a long time," said Dr. Allan Levy, a psychiatrist at Comprehensive Counseling.
Duley said while some people lie about the severity of their pain to acquire their abused prescriptions legally, physicians themselves can fuel prescription addiction. Some prescribe increasing strengths of painkillers and then abruptly stop after patients have already become dependent, forcing them to get their fixes from either prescriptions sold on the street or illegal drugs like heroin.
Others prescribe painkillers too loosely. Duley said some of the center's suboxone clients have Percocet "handed to them like candy for every little ache and pain -- it's a culture of doctors not paying attention. The worst is OxyContin. That drug -- is so highly addictive, it's so difficult to come off of."
Some people can stop taking suboxone after a few months, but most continue for as much as a year before weaning themselves off, Levy said. For others, it becomes a lifelong maintenance drug.
While suboxone addresses the neurological aspect of addiction, Duley said giving medication without regular therapy defeats the drug's purpose. She facilitates a support group at the center three times a week, and suboxone users are asked to attend at least once a week.
"They usually have all kinds of issues going on at the same time (as the addiction)," Duley said, including problems with employment, family and mental health. "You have to address the whole piece. The drug alone doesn't work by itself."
And all addiction treatments should revolve around the key factor -- a person's health, Duley said.
"(Beating addiction) is a complicated issue, but it's very doable," she said. "It's not a moral issue, it's not a criminal issue, it's a health issue."
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