Teen’s Methadone Death Prompts Call for Changes – the Age

Teen’s methadone death prompts call for changes – The Age


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Teen's methadone death prompts call for changes
The Age
While 21 of the cases definitively involved third parties who got the drug from a member of the program, the research suggested that number could be much higher as the source of the methadone in 56 cases was unknown, Dr Jeremy Dwyer reported.
Coroner slams management of the methadone programABC Online
'Takeaway dosing' of methadone killing dozens of Victorians, coroner findsHerald Sun
Vic deaths tied to abuse of methadone planSydney Morning Herald
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Coroner slams methadone treatment program as ‘shamefully inadequate’ – ABC Online

Coroner slams methadone treatment program as 'shamefully inadequate'
ABC Online
A Victorian coroner has slammed the Health Department over the administration of the methadone drug treatment program. Coroner Jacinta Heffey described the supervision of the program used to treat heroin addicts as "shamefully inadequate." She says up 

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Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’ – Irish Times

Long-term methadone use is form of 'State-sponsored social control'
Irish Times
Maintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored social control that substitutes one addictive opiate drug for another, the head of one of Dublin's biggest drug-free rehabilitation projects has said. Irene

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