Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Points to Broader Opioid Drug Epidemic – Washington Post
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death points to broader opioid drug epidemic – Washington Post
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death points to broader opioid drug epidemic
Washington Post “In the storm of narcotic withdrawal, any opiate port will do,” said Jim Hall, an epidemiologist at Nova Southeastern University who studies addiction. Prescription painkillers may also grease a slippery slope toward a relapse for former heroin addicts … Breaking the cycle: Heroin's deadly grip on addicts In private, tortured drama, Hoffman loses life to drugs Investigators 'found 49 bags of heroin and used syringes' in Hoffman's apartment |
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A ‘blockade’ for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment – Wisconsin State Journal
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A 'blockade' for opiates: Vivitrol offers hope for treatment
Wisconsin State Journal For the past several months, a Dane County drug treatment facility has been trying to help opiate-addicted men and women coming out of jail with a new medication that could boost recovery chances by more than 50 percent. Called Vivitrol, the monthly … |
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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment – 89.3 KPCC
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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
89.3 KPCC Then there's outpatient care such as day-treatment; intensive outpatient programs – those are programs that serve a patient three hours a day, at least three days a week; then there's individual and group counseling and medical care for withdrawal … |
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Hinton man sentenced in tax evasion scheme – WVNS-TV
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Hinton man sentenced in tax evasion scheme
WVNS-TV Dr. Leslie Abigail Winters, a former osteopathic doctor, who recently lost her license and is now facing involuntary manslaughter charges after prescribing methadone to her patient. The patient, Marcus. Dr. Leslie Abigail Winters, a former … McGann … |
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Residents: Break-ins, robberies on rise in Long Neck – Cape Gazette
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Residents: Break-ins, robberies on rise in Long Neck
Cape Gazette McKay said the clinic is open six days a week; patients enrolled in the program receive doses of methadone and buprenorphine, which does not make them high, but helps them maintain a static state with no withdrawal symptons. In addition to the dosing … |