Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe Shutting the clinic, which has offered methadone to opiate addicts for 40 years, would mean that hundreds of clients served every day at the Frontage Road site and at a separate counseling center in the South End would be treated by private providers, … |
Methadone Treatment – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Would seem to make more sense to substitute medical marijuana for methadone to treat addicts. Methadone can be just as lethal as the drug for which it's being substituted. I saw far more economic and personal damage from alcohol than from pot during my … |
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American Pain Society Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone … – Newswise (press release)
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American Pain Society Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Methadone …
Newswise (press release) Methadone is a synthetic opioid narcotic to treat opioid addiction and chronic pain. Safety of the drug has been a major clinical concern in recent years. U.S. deaths from methadone overdoses have increased from 800 in 1999 to 4,900 in 2008. The … |
Methadone Treatment – Google News
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a … |