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 treatment – SFGate


SFGate

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
SFGate
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. There's

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Tracing the US heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis … – Washington Post


Washington Post

Tracing the US heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis
Washington Post
Use of the drug in the United States increased 79 percent between 2007 and 2012, according to federal data, triggering a wave of overdose deaths and an “urgent and growing public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. warned last month
Former pot growers fueling the US heroin invasionThe Reporter

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Heart-wrenching battle against addiction – TheChronicleHerald.ca


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Heart-wrenching battle against addiction
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Police, addiction services, pharmacists, doctors, social services and community-based organizations have all teamed up to deal with contributing factors and look at the whole picture, rather than just the drug addictions. In 2004, the only option open

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