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Report: Opiate Abuse May Be Up, but Overdose Deaths Are Flat in Vermont

Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont
MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin highlighted the opiate addiction crisis in Vermont in his State of the State address, but statistics show no significant rise in accidental drug overdose deaths from opiates over the past eight years, according to a new Health Department report.
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Report: Opiate Abuse May Be Up, but Overdose Deaths Are Flat in Vermont – Bennington Banner

Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont – Bennington Banner

Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont
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Peter Shumlin highlighted the opiate addiction crisis in Vermont in his State of the State address, but statistics show no significant rise in accidental drug overdose deaths from opiates over the past eight years, according to a new Health Department

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Suboxone, Methadone Alternative, Gets Police Chief’s OK – CBC.ca

Suboxone, methadone alternative, gets police chief’s OK – CBC.ca

Suboxone, methadone alternative, gets police chief's OK
CBC.ca
Some addictions specialists continue to lobby the Nova Scotia government to approve a drug other than methadone for broader use, a move the Kentville police chief says would make the streets safer. Kentville Police Chief Mark Mander says Suboxone, 

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Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont – Brattleboro Reformer

Report: Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat in Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer
Peter Shumlin highlighted the opiate addiction crisis in Vermont in his State of the State address, but statistics show no significant rise in accidental drug overdose deaths from opiates over the past eight years, according to a new Health Department

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Opiate Abuse May Be Up, but Overdose Deaths Are Flat – Manchester Journal

Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat – Manchester Journal

Opiate abuse may be up, but overdose deaths are flat
Manchester Journal
Schedule III drugs have less potential for abuse and includes Vicodin, Tylenol with codeine and buprenorphine (Suboxone.) Methadone and buprenorphine are also used to treat opiate addiction. Schedule IV drugs are considered to have a low potential for 

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Toledo Woman Struggles to Escape Heroin’s Lethal Grip – Toledo Blade

Toledo woman struggles to escape heroin’s lethal grip – Toledo Blade

Toledo woman struggles to escape heroin's lethal grip
Toledo Blade
It also reflects the state's failure to treat widespread addiction effectively and why Ohio must do much more to help the more than 200,000 people in the state who are addicted to opioids, including heroin. Like Ms. Bryant, many of them were addicted

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Prescription-Drug Battle Fuels Rise in Heroin Use in US – Tico Times

Prescription-drug battle fuels rise in heroin use in US – Tico Times


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Prescription-drug battle fuels rise in heroin use in US
Tico Times
State and federal officials have pressed their campaign against prescription-drug abuse with urgency, trying to contain a scourge that kills more than 16,000 people each year. The crackdown has helped reduce the illegal use of some medications and
Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on Washington Post

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