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New drug policies applauded
Babies are born addicted to opiates such as heroin, methadone, or prescription painkillers. Young people will spend their lives with … To navigate treatment options, family members of an addict need to become lawyers, insurance agents and eventually …
Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

Why Mentally Ill People Should Have Access to E-Cigarettes
In some states, cigarettes were tax-free, “to be used for patient treatment.” R.J. Reynolds created “value” brands for “street …. The introduction of the e-cigarette dramatically alters the risk/benefit equation of nicotine by dramatically cutting …
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Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea
… (user Cmapm via Wikimedia). Russia does not support efficient programs for preventing HIV and Hepatitis C among its drug using population, and harm reduction measures like needle exchanges and opiate substitution therapy (OST), of which methadone …
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Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic
Brattleboro's opiate treatment center is the latest acquisition in a nationwide methadone clinic empire being assembled by a holding of private equity giant Bain Capital. CRC 3 … Running a methadone clinic is complicated and expensive. It comes with …
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Warren Co. drug treatment program could be model
The monthly injections, which reduce cravings and block an addict's ability to get high on opiates, are costly at up to $ 1,000 apiece, with treatment programs ranging from six months to a year. Unlike suboxone and methadone, drugs that have …
Read more on Cincinnati.com

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction British Journal of Psychiatry All of the participants had been receiving 'conventional' methadone treatment for more than 6 months and continued 'to inject “street” heroin regularly'. On average, they had had over four prior treatment episodes. Accordingly, it is reasonable to … and more »

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction Newsday There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

residents get low-down on methadone clinics – Belleville Intelligencer    Read more...

Flesh-eating drug could see walking dead prowl Irish streets
Texas emergency rooms, after another confirmed case in Houston. Afghanistan suffered an opium crop failure in 2010, which sent ripples all across the supply chain. As a result, hospitals here and in the U.K. were treating a growing number of heroin …
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Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction British Journal of Psychiatry All of the participants had been receiving 'conventional' methadone treatment for more than 6 months and continued 'to inject “street” heroin regularly'. On average, they had had over four prior treatment episodes. Accordingly, it is reasonable to … and more »

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction Newsday There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

residents get low-down on methadone clinics – Belleville Intelligencer    Read more...

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction – British Journal of Psychiatry

Effectiveness of methadone treatment for heroin addiction British Journal of Psychiatry All of the participants had been receiving 'conventional' methadone treatment for more than 6 months and continued 'to inject “street” heroin regularly'. On average, they had had over four prior treatment episodes. Accordingly, it is reasonable to … and more »

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction – Newsday

Letter: Methadone programs can beat addiction Newsday There is an ongoing misconception that methadone treatment just hooks the addict on a new drug. This is false. Technically, it's a drug, but if it's administered in the correct manner, it has extremely beneficial medicinal qualities. Therefore, I …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

residents get low-down on methadone clinics – Belleville Intelligencer    Read more...