Boston to Shutter Drug Treatment Facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe
In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community …

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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics – Daily Free Press (subscription)


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Addicted to Profits: Insurance companies adjust coverage of methadone clinics
Daily Free Press (subscription)
With lives at stake, methadone clinics play an integral role in treating opiate addicts. However, the actions of city and state government, insurance companies and private equity firms may impose financial difficulties on patients seeking opiate

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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette


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Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette
Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that came only after a two-month delay on the program's waiting list, which is
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UPDATE: New details in methadone clinic armed robbery – WRDW-TV

UPDATE: New details in methadone clinic armed robbery
WRDW-TV
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) — The Augusta Metro Treatment Center is the latest victim of an armed robbery in Augusta, Richmond County dispatch said. The methadone treatment facility on Ellis Street was robbed around 10:30 a.m., dispatch said. According to a …

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