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Behavioral Health Group (BHG) Acquires Midsouth Treatment Center, Dyersburg …
… (BHG) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, announced the acquisition of Midsouth Treatment Center, a medically supervised treatment center for pain pill and opioid addiction, including methadone, counseling, and referral, located in Dyersburg …
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That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts
Cementing the status quo is a lack of treatment options, like methadone substitution, or a holistic plan to address the crisis. “This is a tsunami for our country … “The only thing our drug production has brought us is one million drug users.” While …
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Stigma a major barrier to treatment for pregnant women with addictions
Finnegan is the former medical adviser to the director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the US National Institutes of Health. "Rather than discouraging … When babies are born to mothers who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, they may …
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Trial of former Butte justice of the peace postponed while he's in rehab
A Boulder justice court clerk said Tuesday the motion to continue did not list a reason for delay. But documents filed in Anaconda district court say Lee is seeking inpatient treatment for a drug addiction at a recovery center in Missoula. Prosecutors …
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Ex-Butte JP could face jail time after suicide attempt with gun
A witness told officers Lee didn't express any desire to harm himself just prior to the shooting, but that he was supposed to admit himself into a prescription drug treatment program in Missoula that same day. The bullet struck a rib and … He pleaded …
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Repeat offender kept in custody
“He isn't on methadone, he is determined to remain drug free,” she said, adding her client believed his brother-in-law or grandmother would be prepared to act as security for bail although neither would be in a position to lodge cash. “He is happy for …
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VA's opiate overload feeds addictions, overdoses
Prescriptions for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according to data that the Center for Investigative Reporting obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. CIR's …
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From the Editor's desk
Over 10 years ago, the College produced a multi-agency best practice guide on treating coexisting mental illness and drug addiction.1 Updated guidance is needed given that there is now more research evidence and that substance misuse treatment is now …
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Candidate admitted negligence in medical practice
“What we need to focus on are the issues and who is the best person to represent the people of Franklin County in District 4,” the incumbent said. … Patient B was treated from Sept. 4, 2002, to Nov. 14, 2007, and the Misconduct Office said Sherwin …
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Gabor Maté: A letter to Rona Ambrose, Canada's "minister of disease"?
The doctors did not seek such authorization because they wish to promote drug use but because clinical practice and scientific evidence have shown that the provision of this opiate is beneficial in some cases. Your reported comments were that there are …
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No easy answers to addiction problems: Readers React
Let's face it: We are in a treatment crisis, especially when it comes to adolescents. Until we both reduce the demand for this drug and … I wonder to what extent the marijuana laws are driving people looking for a high to harder drugs. It's time to …
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Prescription drug abuse hits newborn babies hard
A baby suffering from the syndrome for opiate use has to be administered medications such as methadone, an opiate used to treat heroin addiction, and then slowly weaned off of the drug. … The seeming paradox of such a situation, and a severe …
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