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MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New Emphasis on Alternative Therapies

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new emphasis on alternative therapies
OxyContin is a recreational drug of choice in Maine. Posted Feb. 27, 2014, at 6:08 p.m. At Acadia Hospital in Bangor, individuals suffering from chronic pain, many of them for years, gather once a week to find relief in their thoughts, rather than a pill bottle.
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Baby, 3 kids found alone in motel room
An Indianapolis mother has been arrested on neglect charges after police said they found her four children in deplorable conditions at an east side motel.
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Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses? – Forbes

Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses? – Forbes

Prescription Addiction: What Can Be Done About Rising Rx Overdoses?
Forbes
In fact, 3 in 4 drug overdose deaths involve an “opioid analgesic” pain killer such as oxycodone, hydrocodone or methadone. Opioids can exact an enormous toll on human lives. Opioid use damages families and communities, and costs U.S. employers a 

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Chronicle AM — February 26, 2014 – Drug War Chronicle

Chronicle AM — February 26, 2014
Drug War Chronicle
The head of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service has called marijuana a dangerous gateway drug and said the authorities did not plan to legalize it, or to allow methadone treatment for heroin addicts. "Marijuana users have a 50 or 60 times higher risk

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Police Move to Treat Drug Addicts

Police move to treat drug addicts
REDUCING re-offending and breaking the cycle of addiction and crime is the aim of a new service appointed and funded by Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens.
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Counterpoint: Addiction Is Complex, and So Is Treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mark Willenbring's commentary on the use of methadone to treat opiate addiction (“Filling an addiction treatment gap,” Feb. 24) raises a number of points I'd like to address as a heroin addict in long-term abstinence-based recovery (42 years) and as

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Heroin Use in NH at ‘epidemic’ Levels, Study Says – Nashua Telegraph

Heroin use in NH at ‘epidemic’ levels, study says – Nashua Telegraph


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Heroin use in NH at 'epidemic' levels, study says
Nashua Telegraph
From 2005-10, methadone caused the most drug deaths, and by 2011 that dubious honor was held by oxycodone. But in 2012, heroin caused the most deaths, followed by oxycodone and methadone. The news release stressed that there are treatment drugs 
Cheaper, more available than prescription drugs, heroin addiction now an The Union Leader
The Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-edSocial Justice Solutions

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West Branch Woman Gets Probation for Driving Through Bay County With Heroin … – the Bay City Times

West Branch woman gets probation for driving through Bay County with heroin … – The Bay City Times

West Branch woman gets probation for driving through Bay County with heroin
The Bay City Times
24, sentenced Sarah J. Cook to three years of probation and ordered her to complete drug counseling and mental health treatment. He deferred The pills in the bottle were methadone, which she was taking in an effort to get off heroin, she told the

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VA’s Lack of Pain Treatment Options Led to Opiate Addiction, Vet Says – 610kvnu

VA's Lack of Pain Treatment Options Led to Opiate Addiction, Vet Says
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In 2012, CIR found VA doctors wrote more than 6.5 million prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine. That's more than the total number of patients they saw and a 270-percent increase from 2001. "That's a staggering number to me 

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