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Group: Fewer overdose deaths with Narcan
"I overdosed on methadone the first time I used methadone and Narcan was used on me. It saved my life," she said. Shuck said she started drinking when she was just 13 years old then started using drugs at age 24. Ultimately, she became addicted to …
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Reasonable discontent
The methadone clinic coming to Rutland is possible through state money; support for mental health treatment and transportation funds flow from the federal budget. Research that leads to breakthrough and innovation, small business support and … Which …
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Thailand's cure for meth addiction? A leafy jungle stimulant
“There's never been a single death associated with kratom,” said Pascal Tanguay, a program director with the Thailand offices of PSI, a Washington DC-based global health organization that promotes harm reduction among drug users. “People have been …
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'No evidence,' Minister Ambrose?
The available evidence suggests added value of SIH alongside supplementary doses of methadone for long-term treatment-refractory opioid users. … We have to think out of the box sometimes,” he said at a Toronto hotel after the health ministers' meeting.
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Showing promise in BC, prescription heroin now in peril
Prescription heroin has been proven in numerous clinical trials worldwide to be a safe and effective second-line treatment for people like Mr. Lidstrom, who have failed to benefit from conventional treatments such as methadone. Switzerland became the …
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Feds close heroin access 'loopholes'
A previous study by the same researchers had concluded prescription heroin is a safe and effective treatment for the small group of addicts who did not benefit from conventional treatments such as methadone. Those 20 addicts will have access to the …
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Regional Briefs 09/25/13
ELLSWORTH — A 61-year-old Prescott man charged in Pierce County Court with first-degree reckless homicide for reportedly giving his wife a lethal dose of methadone pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Robert J. Whaley also waived his … He must complete 300 …
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One in five inmates take drugs in South Australian prisons
The most common drug used was cannabis, with 430 prisoners testing positive, while 305 found to have used buprenorphine, a prescription drug usually used to treat heroin and other opioid addiction or for pain relief. Amphetamines, such as crystal meth …
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64 face prescription drug-related charges (Updated 9 pm)
On top of that, some people getting treatment for drug addiction at a methadone clinic were selling their methadone on the street, officials said. Prescription drug abuse often starts seemingly innocently, Gibson said. … Garry Ladane Eaton, 28, 717 …
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Seeking new methods to treat heroin addiction
"We are working to understand the roles of all these metabolites and to investigate potential treatments to counter their effects," Dr Mørland states. The current approach to treating heroin addiction in Norway is pharmacotherapy – using methadone …
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