Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms.

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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over – Washington Post


Washington Post

At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
Washington Post
Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he says, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been clean since Oct. 12. He's severed all connections with drug-using

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STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse – TheChronicleHerald.ca


TheChronicleHerald.ca

STEPHENSON: Nova Scotia doctors need to confront prescription drug abuse
TheChronicleHerald.ca
It has a stellar prescription drug monitoring program and the college developed a methadone treatment handbook in 2012 that has become “the gold standard” in assisting physicians to treat patients with addictions. The new pre-screening policy announced

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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
… is standard medical protocols believe the risk of danger to the woman and fetus is too great. Instead, they are placed in a methadone replacement program at an outside state-certified treatment center. … In her third day of heroin detox in the

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