Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic
Mothers of Opioid-Exposed Newborns Find Treatment at Vermont Clinic
Every morning at 10 a.m., Blair gives a very small dose of Methadone to Xzavier. The medication is kept under lock and key at her mother's home nearby. Blair says access to Methadone is helping her baby through withdrawal symptoms and urges other …
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Mass. Elected Officials: Turn In Those Old Pills
Also at the event, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh defended his administration's decision – reported in the Boston Globe – to close the city's only public methadone clinic. Methadone is a drug used to ease withdrawal symptoms for heroin addicts. Walsh says …
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