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New methadone treatment worries Vancouver users – Vancouver Courier

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New methadone treatment worries Vancouver users Vancouver Courier When Laura Shaver goes to her local pharmacy Saturday to get her daily cup of methadone, she'll notice two things: the cup won't be as full and the liquid will be a different colour. That's because a new cherry-flavoured methadone formula called …

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Sarnia Jail. (QMI Agency file photo) Sarnia Observer Brown had overcome a drug addiction and was in the methadone treatment program at the time, said Robb, in seeking a four-year prison sentence. Since the offence Brown has done "an awful lot of good," by returning to school to qualify as a tradesman …

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Book Review: 'Call Me Burroughs' by Barry Miles
The first, "William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible" (1993) was a mere 280 pages, a wisp compared with the 718 of the new one, almost as long as Ted Morgan's "Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs" (1988), which came out at 768 …
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Changes coming for a 'life-saving' drug
There's been plenty of recent media attention given to the new methadone formula change on Feb. 1, and that makes some people wonder “who's using this stuff?” For more than 20 years, Dr. Jane Clelland has seen a … Instead, her methadone medicine has …
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Peekskill thwarted in attempt to block methadone clinic
An Elmsford-based organization is planning to open a methadone treatment clinic at 3 Corporate Drive in Peekskill. ( Greg Shillinglaw / The Journal News ) / Greg Shillinglaw / The Journal News
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Dr. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM – Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Wesley Clark, Director of SAMHSA’s Center for Substance…

Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state’s highest – Longview Daily News

Cowlitz County overdose fatality rate remains among state's highest Longview Daily News “A few years ago, we had a real high prescription problem with methadone,” Davidson said. Once treatment programs focused on methadone, he said methadone deaths declined, and use of other drugs picked up. “You arrest one guy on the street corner, and … and more »

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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral – Sioux City Journal (blog)

Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral Sioux City Journal (blog) CHC is treating more than 400 patients, many of whom make daily trips to the center for medication. The recovery from heroin addiction is long-term, said Rebecca Mason, CHC's director of outpatient services. Some patients have been on methadone for …

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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral
Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, Ohio, where many of the area's heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It's a facility funded by … Some patients have been on methadone for 20-plus years …
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Fears persist about Main Street Inn rehab plan
More than 130 people gathered Thursday at the Plantation House inside Hilton Head Plantation to question Michael Gillis, chief operating officer for Sunspire Health, which seeks to operate the treatment facility. "We're not a methadone clinic," Gillis …
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Peekskill thwarted in attempt to block methadone clinic
The latest attempt by city lawmakers to block the opening of a controversial methadone clinic appears to have failed, leaving the Common Council to ponder its next move as construction on the project continues.
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