LePage’s Drug-Battle Plan Pared Down, Gets Bipartisan Backing – Press Herald

LePage’s drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing – Press Herald


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LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
Press Herald
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …

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The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invades Our Community – Social Justice Solutions


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The Invisible Monster: Heroin Invades Our Community
Social Justice Solutions
Harm reduction strategies include substance abuse treatment and opiate replacement therapy such as Suboxone or methadone. Another crucial piece of harm reduction is peer administration of the heroin overdose antidote Naloxone (Narcan), which helps …

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Calls for a ceasefire in the war on drugs – IRINnews.org

Calls for a ceasefire in the war on drugs
IRINnews.org
The new methods showed that the health of patients improved, drug use did not increase and crime among users fell. Also, contrary to expectations, use of methadone and other non-heroin treatments increased. The public was no longer harassed by drug …

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Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
ITAR-TASS
Russia will ban methadone, a narcotic drug used in the treatment of drug addiction, in Crimea, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) chief Viktor Ivanov said on Wednesday, March 26. Methadone has become a criminal business in Ukraine. Ivanov …

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