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Real Life ‘Weeds’: Cops Push Pot

Real Life ‘Weeds’: Cops Push Pot
Police moonlighting as marijuana dispensary security experts are safeguarding pot in Massachusetts. But in a state threatening to restart the licensing process, they may be irrelevant.
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Heroin: Treating the Epidemic

Heroin: treating the epidemic
The word “epidemic” is being used in Ohio and here in Preble County to describe the numbers of heroin users and dealers who are in the area. When it comes to knowing about the treatments … Methadone, a user could take enough of to get a “buzz …
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State House Notebook: Legislature to Fly Solo in Drafting Budget Solutions

State House Notebook: Legislature to fly solo in drafting budget solutions
The governor's rationale goes something like this: State lawmakers rejected his budget last year. He rejected their budget. They passed their budget anyway. Now there's a budget gap. Their budget, their problem. On Tuesday … Reducing the time that …
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US drug leader says Vt. can lead on heroin issue
MONTPELIER — Vermont's efforts to fight heroin abuse can serve as a model for the rest of the country, the nation's top anti-drug official said Monday during a visit to the state Department of Public Safety. R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the …
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Newman rightly draws attention to the effectiveness of appropriately delivered methadone treatment for many people with heroin addiction worldwide over the past half-century. Our economic evaluation1 and the preceding report on the main findings from …
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Mindfulness: New Treatment for Opioid Abuse
Medications, such as Naltrexone, methadone and Buprenorphine are common treatments for opiate addiction, but all three treatment medications are addictive to varying degrees, plus they carry some side effects. Therefore, researchers have been testing …
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US Drug Leader Says Vt. Can Lead on Heroin Issue

US drug leader says Vt. can lead on heroin issue
“Vermont wants to lead the way in treating this as a disease,” Shumlin said. As part of that effort, Chen said the rules for emergency medical technicians are being changed so ambulances will be … After the Waterbury meeting, Kerlikowske and Shumlin …
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Top federal drug policy official to visit Vt.
Kerlikowske and Shumlin will also meet privately with state leaders, tour a methadone clinic in South Burlington and meet with emergency room staff on drug procedures, according to the governor's office. Tackling opiate addiction in Vermont has been a …
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Commission eyes moratorium
BEACON FALLS — The Planning and Zoning Commission is looking to take a proactive approach to the possibility of a methadone clinic or marijuana dispensary coming to town. The commission is … Methadone is used to treat people addicted to heroin or …
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Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet – Huffington Post

Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet – Huffington Post

Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet
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I work at Evergreen Treatment Services, a methadone clinic in Seattle. As a physician assistant (PA) for 14 years, I've encountered many both inside and outside the medical communities who don't know what that means and who also think that people who 

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Authors’ reply – British Journal of Psychiatry

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British Journal of Psychiatry
Newman rightly draws attention to the effectiveness of appropriately delivered methadone treatment for many people with heroin addiction worldwide over the past half-century. Our economic evaluation1 and the preceding report on the main findings from

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