Fatal Methadone Overdoses Soar in Kent County – WZZM
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally. |
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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, … |
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City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe
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City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant … Boston officials looking to transfer operations of only city run methadone clinic |
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Annexation Bad News For Crimea’s Rehab Patients – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Annexation Bad News For Crimea's Rehab Patients
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Perhaps no Crimeans will feel these changes more keenly than the 800 heroin addicts currently undergoing methadone treatment on the peninsula. On March 26, less than a week after formally completing its annexation, Russia announced it was banning the … Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Annexation bad news for Crimea's rehab … |