Counterpoint: Addiction Is Complex, and So Is Treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Counterpoint: Addiction is complex, and so is treatment – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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 … |
Officials Discuss State Drug Crisis
Officials discuss state drug crisis
CHARLESTON — Local and federal authorities gathered on Wednesday to discuss solutions to an old problem that's recently resurfaced — heroin addiction.
Methadone Rehabilitation – Yahoo News Search Results
MDs Facing ‘substantial’ Abuse From Patients Seeking Prescription Painkillers … – Canada.com
MDs facing ‘substantial’ abuse from patients seeking prescription painkillers … – Canada.com
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MDs facing 'substantial' abuse from patients seeking prescription painkillers …
Canada.com Doctors were asked how often they had experienced abuse by patients seeking controlled substances such as hydromorphone, oxycodone and methadone. Abuse was categorized as minor (rude or belligerent behaviour), major (for example, … “When you're … |
Methadone+ Withdrawal – Google News
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Drug Treatment Funding in Maine Is Falling, but Demand Is Greater Than Ever – Morning Sentinel
Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever – Morning Sentinel
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Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
Morning Sentinel Those who have been able to get into treatment often trade heroin for methadone or suboxone, synthetic versions of opiates that do not provide a high but allow addicts to avoid sickness from withdrawal. While they are not considered treatment on their … |
Pleasantville Officials: Drug-Recovery Clinic Not Our Kind of Business – Press of Atlantic City
Pleasantville officials: Drug-recovery clinic not our kind of business – Press of Atlantic City
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Pleasantville officials: Drug-recovery clinic not our kind of business
Press of Atlantic City Pleasantville's business district cannot be the “dumping ground” for a methadone clinic, Mayor Jesse Tweedle said Wednesday. “This was like a slap in the face, and we're not going to turn the other cheek,” he said of a plan to relocate the majority of … |
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 Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-ed |