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September Celebrates the Many Faces of Recovery
We are taking part in Recovery Month by offering information about methadone treatment. I personally speak to the patients' family members and the general public about how Methadone saves lives,” says Carmen Arlt, Director of Porter-Starke's Recovery …
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Long-term methadone use is form of 'State-sponsored social control'
Maintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored social control that substitutes one addictive opiate drug for another, the head of one of Dublin's biggest drug-free rehabilitation projects has said. Irene …
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Your Voice Monday 21 October
After reading that a used needle on a Dundee bus pricked a young child, it's time to face the fact that the methadone programme just isn't working. I have seen the drug users in Dundee come straight out of a chemist with a bottle and share it between …
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Wayne's drug problems brought to light at Reality Tour event
Data collected by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office says Wayne was second only to Paterson in the amount of overdose deaths ranging from September 2012 to May 2013 involving those aged 21-60 although the main focus reflects the younger generation …
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Mandatory Monday: Rivalries Die Hard
The run-oriented coach saw what opponents have done to the Cowboys secondary and decided to call 26 passes and only 12 runs (counting sacks and scrambles as pass plays). Unfortunately, Nick Foles … like they were really trying. The Falcons held on to …
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Fatal addition: Britain's 6200 state-sponsored drug addict hooked on heorin …
Since the 2010 election, when David Cameron spoke out against methadone in a TV debate, Government drug strategies have aimed at helping more heroin users recover. A report published by the National Treatment Agency last year said that 'medication …
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Vets, widows say VA passes out pain meds too readily
The Iraq war veteran, who first hurt his back during search and recovery operations at the Pentagon on 9/11, became addicted to the powerful painkillers, living life in a fog and counting the minutes until his next dose, he said. “I was taking enough …
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Lawmakers Begin to Shape Battle Plan for Fight Against Opioids and Heroin
The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee held a hearing on the topic yesterday as the starting point for what committee Chairman Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex) said would be a comprehensive effort to bolster prevention, treatment …
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Area heroin overdoses increasing
CLARKSBURG — The confiscation of about $ 30,000 worth of heroin by the Harrison Street Crimes and Drug unit Wednesday underscored why deaths from drug overdoses, including heroin, are rising at an alarming rate in Harrison County. Last week's bust …
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Vermont's war on opiates shows signs of progress
The center, as a regional “hub” for substance abusers, assesses its clients' needs, provides methadone and buprenorphine medications where warranted and sets up long-range treatment plans. Another “hub” is set … By January, there will be five such …
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