Methadone Clinics: Methadone Requests Spike After OxyContin Delisting

Methadone Clinics: Methadone requests spike after OxyContin delisting
Toronto Public Health says demand for referrals to methadone clinics in the city has tripled in the last week, after the prescription painkiller OxyContin was discontinued.
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone doctor's conduct questioned
A doctor who runs a network of methadone clinics across Ontario, including one in Belleville, has been accused of disgraceful and unprofessional conduct.
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Methadone Clinics: Doctor who runs methadone clinics across Ontario accused of unprofessional conduct
Jerome Lessard QMI Agency A doctor who runs a network of methadone clinics across Ontario has been accused of disgraceful and unprofessional conduct. Concerns have been mounting since the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario issued a notice of hearing against Dr.[…]
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Methadone Clinics: Operator of chain of Ontario methadone clinics accused of disgraceful, unprofessional conduct
A doctor who runs a network of methadone clinics across Ontario, including one on Sherbrooke St. in Peterborough, has been accused of disgraceful and unprofessional conduct. Concerns have been mounting since the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario issued a notice of hearing against Dr.[…]
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone being demonized by local media



This is a story from a Philadelphia news station about a methadone clinic and the availability of Methadone on the streets. The video shows nothing to prove any drug dealing. Most likely the transactions seen were the buying and selling of Bus tokens, that is why it was done so openly. The mother interviewed in the video is on a warpath against Methadone and will not accept the fact that he died as a result of his addiction. Methadone prevents the spread of aids, Hepatitis C and other diseases. It also saves the lives of thousands of people who are addicted to Heroin, Percocet, oxycontin, vicodin and other opioid drugs. The recent rise in Methadone deaths are NOT as a result of treatment clinics, but because doctors are hesitant to prescribe oxycontin and other short acting opiates due to the media campaign against them. Doctors are now prescribing Methadone it their place and the insurance companies love it because it’s so much cheaper than other pain killers. Police and DEA studies show that almost all of the Methadone available on the streets is in pill form which is never given to patients at clinics, instead they are diverted to the street from pain patients who can’t work and are living in poverty because of their pain and sell off a part of their prescription lured by the large sums of money the drugs command. This video also fails to mention that addicts attending clinics have to go to the clinic to get their dose 365 days a year until they have significant clean
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