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

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


Press Herald

LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
Press Herald
Earlier this year, 19,000 recipients classified as “childless adults” were removed from the program, including hundreds of beneficiaries who used the health care program for methadone to treat heroin addiction. The cut was proposed by LePage, who has

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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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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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Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic
Brattleboro Reformer
The Brattleboro treatment center will be obligated to fulfill any contracts or grants of Habit OPCO, said Barbara Cimaglio, deputy commissioner for alcohol and drug abuse programs at the Vermont Department of Health. "We do not expect any change in …

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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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