Opioid Addicts Treated in Bay
Opioid addicts treated in Bay
Nearly 150 opioid drug users – including 64 aged over 45 – addicted to substances such as morphine and methadone are enrolled in treatment programmes in the Bay of Plenty health area, new figures reveal. Information released to the Bay of Plenty Times …
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Baby died after heroin put in bottle to calm him
Rosado and the boy's mother were both in daily methadone programs to treat their heroin addiction. The mother, Crystal Miller, said she thought Rosado had been clean since the 2006 birth of their daughter. But a friend who took Rosado to a methadone …
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Substitutes help fight addictions
Care NZ, which operates Wairarapa's OST programme, said methadone programmes were among a range of treatment options available to opioid-dependent residents. Chief executive Kathryn Leafe said users were carefully monitored. Several high-profile …
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