Pregnant Prisoners Are Losing Their Shackles – Boston Globe

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe

Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe
In the postpartum recovery room, a correctional officer again shackled Rivera to the bed by her ankle. Rivera, now 35, is …. On the advice of her obstetrician, she started that October on methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat dependence. Her

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RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties – Saugerties Times


Saugerties Times

RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties
Saugerties Times
One anonymous recovered user, “Jane,” from the Kingston area, explains how dealing and addiction go hand-in-hand. “When I used to … Traditional treatment for opiate addiction often involves opiate-replacement with drugs like suboxone and methadone.

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Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic – The Bowdoin Orient

Brunswick not exempt from New England opiate epidemic
The Bowdoin Orient
LePage and law enforcement are concerned that recovering addicts will abandon their treatment programs and either abuse or sell synthetic opiates meant for medical use like methadone and Suboxone, a pattern experts call diversion. This has been cited

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Part Two: The methadone program is an uphill battle, says Jared Evely – Northern Pen

Part Two: The methadone program is an uphill battle, says Jared Evely
Northern Pen
After moving home from Edmonton in 2012, Jared sought help from the province's methadone program. It was his first step to recovery, and he has been "getting clean" since. Jared attributes his success over the past year-and-a-half to the program.

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