R.I. Senate Panel Considers Bills to Aid Treatment of Drug Addiction – the Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal

R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal
Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, …

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Heroin addicts face barriers to recovery – Beaver Dam Daily Citizen


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Heroin addicts face barriers to recovery
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
There are about 12,000 addiction treatment programs nationwide, according to McLellan's organization. Of those, about 10 percent are residential facilities, about 80 percent are outpatient programs and about 10 percent are methadone clinics. Two-thirds
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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over – San Francisco Chronicle


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At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
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20, 2014 photo, Cody Lewis, 21, a recovering heroin addict, smokes a cigarette before speaking about his life and addiction at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. When Lewis walked out of Cook County Jail in May 2013 after being

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Overdosed: Addicts easily game a lax system with fraudulent prescriptions – The Providence Journal

Overdosed: Addicts easily game a lax system with fraudulent prescriptions
The Providence Journal
By law, anyone in Rhode Island, regardless of age or history of drug abuse, can walk into a pharmacy and get a prescription for painkillers or other controlled substances filled without so much as showing a valid driver's license. Prosecutions of

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