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Wisconsin Babies Face New Epidemic

Wisconsin babies face new epidemic
As heroin tightens its grip on Wisconsin, more attention is being paid to its youngest victims — babies born exposed to that drug and other opiates. 
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Reno mayoral candidate died of accidental overdose
Authorities say a 48-year-old Reno man who was running for mayor died of an accidental drug overdose.
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Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction
This junkie is about to begin a three-day, neo-African, sometimes-terrifying, ritualistic trip. Can it help her get clean?
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Doctor worried about future of First Nations addiction program
A Toronto-based doctor is calling on the federal government to commit to long-term funding for addiction treatment in northern Ontario First Nations. Dr. Chetan Mehta is part of a group of physicians who have worked in the Sioux Lookout region to address the oxycontin crisis.
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To Be Totally Frank

To Be Totally Frank
It was a regulatory response to the taxpayer-funded bailout of the nation's biggest financial institutions after the catastrophic meltdown of the economy and the loss of millions of jobs, along with the collapse of the stock market and more millions of …
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Fringe Factor: Ladies Love the Wage Gap
The main issue Huckabee named as evidence for the lack of freedoms we have in the U.S. is the pain of going through airport security. As ThinkProgress pointed out, “checking into …. An acyclic analog of morphine called methadone can prevent …
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Highlighting the Dangers of Methadone – KRNV My News 4

Highlighting the dangers of methadone – KRNV My News 4

Highlighting the dangers of methadone
KRNV My News 4
RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -The accidental overdose death of Reno mayoral candidate Tony Perri is highlighting the dangers of methadone. Experts say methadone is used as a pain reliever, but more commonly it's used to reduce withdrawal …
Reno mayoral candidate Perri died of accidental methadone overdoseThe Tribune

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Armed men rob synthetic cannabis store – Stuff.co.nz


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Armed men rob synthetic cannabis store
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Canterbury health officials are ready for a surge of synthetic cannabis addicts needing help for withdrawal symptoms now the products are off the shelf. Stores visited yesterday had … "Junkies have got methadone, what have these guys got?" Ad Feedback.

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Can hospital adjust to provide detox-like care? – The Recorder

Parents Using Methadone to Pacify Children, Charity Warns – the Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian


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Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns
The Guardian
Children born to mothers taking methadone have a drug dependency which hospitals deal with through a withdrawal program for two weeks after birth. Their parents sometimes mistakenly think a baby crying at home is doing so because of opium cravings …

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Trafficker’s mom tells judge of son’s effort – TheChronicleHerald.ca

Trafficker's mom tells judge of son's effort
TheChronicleHerald.ca
He went into a methadone program, has tested drug free for well over a year, gets mental health and addictions counselling, has a part-time job, paid back the people he owned money and has helped pay his legal bills, Beaton wrote in a letter to Judge

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

Not-So-Quick Fix

Not-So-Quick Fix
Both were opioid dependent, and both were criticized in the wake of their deaths for bad decision making and for failing to summon the willpower to prevent a relapse. … While self-help fellowships such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous …
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Parents Using Methadone to Pacify Children, Charity Warns – the Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian


The Guardian

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns
The Guardian
Children born to mothers taking methadone have a drug dependency which hospitals deal with through a withdrawal program for two weeks after birth. Their parents sometimes mistakenly think a baby crying at home is doing so because of opium cravings …

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Trafficker’s mom tells judge of son’s effort – TheChronicleHerald.ca

Trafficker's mom tells judge of son's effort
TheChronicleHerald.ca
He went into a methadone program, has tested drug free for well over a year, gets mental health and addictions counselling, has a part-time job, paid back the people he owned money and has helped pay his legal bills, Beaton wrote in a letter to Judge

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