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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Methadone Treatment – Google News

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.
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MDs Facing ‘substantial’ Abuse From Patients Seeking Prescription Painkillers … – Canada.com

MDs facing ‘substantial’ abuse from patients seeking prescription painkillers … – Canada.com


Canada.com

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

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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


Morning Sentinel

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

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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

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

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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


WMUR Manchester

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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