R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal
Shawn Donahue, lobbyist for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, said the insurer would not support the bill “despite its admirable intention” but that Blue Cross is working with the Health Department to make methadone more widely available. Kelly

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Our opinion: An opiate emergency – Berkshire Eagle

Our opinion: An opiate emergency
Berkshire Eagle
The directive that the Department of Public Health make Narcan, a drug that halts overdoses almost immediately, available immediately to all first responders will save lives and give addicts a chance to recover that they would not have had otherwise

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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Tallmadge Express


Tallmadge Express

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Tallmadge Express
The main treatment facility in the southwest Ohio city of Hamilton is Sojourner Recovery Services, which has a six-month wait for beds for men. The nonprofit service has been expanding treatment options, including a new intense outpatient program for …

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Metzger charged for drug trafficking, endangering children – The Daily Advocate

Metzger charged for drug trafficking, endangering children
The Daily Advocate
… been clean from heroin for eight months, however by his own admission he had been abusing opiates. He has also stated that he had been taking methadone treatments and been attending weekly counseling sessions at Darke County Recovery Services.

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