Letter: Methadone Programs Can Beat Addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction
Newsday
There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I

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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal
Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, …

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My Neighbor, the Methadone Clinic: Part I – Brooklyn Reader


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My Neighbor, the Methadone Clinic: Part I
Brooklyn Reader
In Fort Greene, on the corner of Fulton and Waverly, stands an old pre-war building contrasted by bright-blue new awning. It is a drug treatment center known as START. I'd never been inside a methadone clinic before and had no idea what to expect. And

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Relapse vs. “do drugs again” – If I had been unfaithful to my wife and it happened again, what would happen if I said “I relapsed”? Is that a relapse?