Defendant: Methadone Was Just 'Band-Aid'

Defendant: methadone was just 'Band-Aid'
Barry Steven Huff II, 30, told a Pulaski County judge Friday he “firmly believes” he was swapping one addiction for another when he chose to enter himself into a methadone treatment program in Galax a year ago. He was in court for violating probation …
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72-year-old East St. Louis man faces federal drug charge
Joe L. Mitchell, of 727 N. 72nd St. in East St. Louis, entered a plea of not guilty on a charge of possession with intent to distribute methadone before U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Proud. Mitchell dropped his cane during the arraignment on the …
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New Vt. methadone clinic opens in South Burlington
… said its director Bob Bick, director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service at the HowardCenter. Bick said that before the opening of the clinic, about 600 people had been on a regional waiting list for methadone or buprenorphine-based …
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