Crouse’s Opioid Program Expanding to Meet Rising Needs for Treatment – WRVO Public Media

Crouse’s opioid program expanding to meet rising needs for treatment – WRVO Public Media

Crouse's opioid program expanding to meet rising needs for treatment
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"They're both in the opiate class. So now you have people who never thought they'd use heroin, using heroin as a way to alleviate withdrawal symptoms and deal with that addiction.” Raymond says methadone, a synthetic opiate based drug, is a proven way 

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Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman’s fatal … – Straight.com


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Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman's fatal
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Naloxone is a drug that's prescribed to opiate users in B.C. and, when required, can be used to counter the effects of an overdose. There are medications that help people detoxify, so they're not going into really serious withdrawal during detox.”.

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