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 use taking a toll on Pennsylvania – New Pittsburgh Courier

Heroin use taking a toll on Pennsylvania
New Pittsburgh Courier
Gene DiGirolamo, a leading lawmaker on drug abuse issues, calls its use “epidemic, no question about it. …. Of those, about 10 percent are residential facilities, about 80 percent are outpatient programs and about 10 percent are methadone clinics.

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Opiate abuse continues upward trend – The Sun

Opiate abuse continues upward trend
The Sun
Pepperell Police Chief David Scott said although Pepperell in general has a relatively low level of crime and drug abuse, heroin and prescription pills are the town's biggest problem. Because heroin has become so inexpensive and prescription pills so

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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
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Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a
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Drug to Reverse Opioid Overdose FDA Approved for Public Use – EmpowHer


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Drug to Reverse Opioid Overdose FDA Approved for Public Use
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“This new finding shows that more than 40 people die every day from overdoses involving narcotic pain relievers like hydrocodone (Vicodin), methadone, oxycodone (OxyContin), and oxymorphone (Opana)”. The response to the new announcement has generally
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