Methadone: ‘Liquid Handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times


Sunday Star Times

Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times
He had grown dependent on methadone after swallowing it daily for more than 20 years and in the last few weeks of his life, as his health failed and he suffered nightmarish withdrawal symptoms, Dave became "a dead man walking", his daughter told The …

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As pills killed kids, Florida shrugged – Bradenton Herald

As pills killed kids, Florida shrugged
Bradenton Herald
Oxycodone, Xanax, methadone and other prescription meds were found in the stomachs of deceased infants and toddlers or in the urine of their parents. Parents accidentally smothered their babies in bed while under the influence. They left pills where

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Speed & politics: an amphetamine political economy – libcom.org (blog)


libcom.org (blog)

Speed & politics: an amphetamine political economy
libcom.org (blog)
I work with people who use heroin and who almost all are prescribed methadone in an avowed attempt to "substitute" for that heroin use (we could go into a separate article all together on this claim). Put yourself for a minute in the position of a

Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News

Isle of Man prisoner death prompts recommendations – BBC News


BBC News

Isle of Man prisoner death prompts recommendations
BBC News
Mr Needham's wide-ranging recommendations include better sharing of medical records within government departments. There was also a call for more prison officer training on the signs of intoxication and withdrawal from methadone. A spokesman for Isle

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