Posts Tagged ‘addiction treatment’
Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn’t Have to Die – Truth-Out
Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn’t Have to Die – Truth-Out
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die
Truth-Out That study also found that heroin prescription programs saved more lives than traditional addiction treatment programs that use a drug known as methadone as a replacement for heroin. Many suggest that methadone – a synthetic drug – is actually more … Philip Seymour Hoffman's death brings attention to drug addiction Breaking the cycle: Heroin's deadly grip on addicts Anti-Addiction Drugs Found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's Apartment |
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Coroner Releases Butte Judge Bob Lee's Cause of Death
Coroner releases Butte judge Bob Lee's cause of death
BUTTE — A former Butte-Silver Bow justice of the peace who was given deferred sentences in two cases related to his use of methadone has died. Read more … Just prior to his death, Lee sought inpatient drug addiction treatment in Missoula. Lee was a …
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Experts Warned About Rise in Youth Drug Use in Stanislaus County – Modesto Bee
Experts warned about rise in youth drug use in Stanislaus County – Modesto Bee
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Experts warned about rise in youth drug use in Stanislaus County
Modesto Bee From the poor to the affluent, the young to the old and everyone in between, addiction knows no boundaries, said Trinidad Tarancon, program coordinator at Genesis, a Stanislaus County-operated methadone clinic. “It attacks anyone, whether you are a … |
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Ways sought to halt spike in heroin use – Buffalo News
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Ways sought to halt spike in heroin use
Buffalo News The News last week interviewed a dozen individuals from law enforcement, addiction treatment centers, the medical profession and relatives of drug addicts, and asked them those questions. The only consensus was that there is no simple answer. Some said … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Heroin’s Euphoric High Makes It Hard to Quit – kvor
Meth in London? Ecstasy in Oregon? Sewage Pinpoints Drug Use in Communities
Meth in London? Ecstasy in Oregon? Sewage pinpoints drug use in communities
“I was walking with a student,” Burgard said, “and they bemoaned that it wasn't students cheating nowadays to get ahead, but that they were taking Adderall,” a potent amphetamine used to treat attention disorders. Burgard had an idea: Let's test the …
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Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say
Combined with traditional therapy, studies have shown that buprenorphine is as effective a tool as methadone in opiate addiction recovery, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. However, unlike methadone …
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3 Charity Groups Chosen for Grants to Spur Collaboration
The grant-making effort seeks to expand on the local work the foundation has supported in its Baltimore office, which since 1998 has worked with local nonprofits to help establish local policies to expand access to addiction treatment, develop …
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When Heroin and Painkillers Come Together – the News Journal
When heroin and painkillers come together – The News Journal
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When heroin and painkillers come together
The News Journal As the Department of Justice noted in 2000 “many OxyContin abusers whose health insurance will no longer pay for prescriptions and who cannot afford the high street-level prices are attracted to heroin.” I've seen a number of patients in my methadone … Sally Satel: Heroin and painkillers come together |
Alcoholism Methadone – Google News
Inquest hears how father-of-12 was found dead in Hanley after taking drugs – Stoke Sentinel
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Inquest hears how father-of-12 was found dead in Hanley after taking drugs
Stoke Sentinel The 45-year-old was lying down, half-covered by a duvet, and had a syringe tucked underneath his pillow. An inquest in Hartshill yesterday heard how he had taken a large quantity of methadone. Tests revealed there were also traces of heroin, cannabis … |
Help Available to Addicts Seeking Recovery, Though Space Sometimes Limited in … – GazetteNET
Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in … – GazetteNET
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Help available to addicts seeking recovery, though space sometimes limited in …
GazetteNET The hospital has a 30-bed detoxification unit for addicts as well as outpatient services, from daily counseling and aftercare planning to methadone detoxification, to help recovering addicts avoid using. Anyone who has a substance abuse problem or who … |
Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment – 89.3 KPCC
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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
89.3 KPCC Some of the new benefits offered through D-M-C include inpatient detox; residential treatment, methadone maintenance, and outpatient counseling. TT: Is there a limit to how much care a person can get in the Drug Medi-Cal program? SO: The way it works … |