Posts Tagged ‘drug abuse’
Vt. Spends Millions on Addiction-Fighting Drug That Is Diverted for Street Sale – Bennington Banner
Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale – Bennington Banner
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Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale
Bennington Banner The FDA made the drugs widely available because there weren't enough methadone clinics to accommodate the number of patients who wanted opiate addiction therapy. Buprenorphine is an opioid. It contains just enough of the narcotic so addicts won't … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com The number of people who died from heroin overdoses in New London and Norwich doubled last year, a jolting statistic that local hospital and substance abuse treatment officials attribute to what appears to be a rise in heroin use. At least 20 combined … |
‘Alarming’ Rise Seen in Drug-Addicted Infants – the Union Leader
‘Alarming’ rise seen in drug-addicted infants – The Union Leader
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'Alarming' rise seen in drug-addicted infants
The Union Leader As prescription drug and heroin abuse rises in New Hampshire, doctors are facing a side effect of this trend: babies born addicted to opioids – drugs used to control pain, a condition known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The state's reported … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
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Officials Cross State Lines to Call for War on Heroin
Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin
Last year, 426 of Ohio’s 1,765 drug overdose deaths involved heroin.
Drug Abuse Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results
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Deaths From Heroin in New London, Norwich Doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013 – TheDay.com
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
TheDay.com The number of people who died from heroin overdoses in New London and Norwich doubled last year, a jolting statistic that local hospital and substance abuse treatment officials attribute to what appears to be a rise in heroin use. At least 20 combined … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
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‘Alarming’ Rise Seen in Drug-Addicted Infants – NewHampshire.com
‘Alarming’ rise seen in drug-addicted infants – NewHampshire.com
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'Alarming' rise seen in drug-addicted infants
NewHampshire.com As prescription drug and heroin abuse rises in New Hampshire, doctors are facing a side effect of this trend: babies born addicted to opioids – drugs used to control pain, a condition known as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). The state's reported … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Report measures Mass. youths’ views on drugs, alcohol – Wicked Local Brookline
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Report measures Mass. youths' views on drugs, alcohol
Wicked Local Brookline Vermont's number of people enrolled in substance use treatment who received methadone has declined from 2008 to 2102, while the number in Massachusetts has increased from 9,606 in 2008 to 15,504 in 2012. Massachusetts voters decriminalized … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
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Methadone Project Hope for Drug Addicts – Daily News
Methadone project hope for drug addicts – Daily News
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Methadone project hope for drug addicts
Daily News “In February 2011 when we started the methadone project at the Muhimbili National Hospital, we targeted injection drug users because of the risk to HIV transmission. Now that the scaling up has started, we are offering methadone to all women who are … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Rhode Island makes lifesaving overdose drug easily available – The Providence Journal
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Rhode Island makes lifesaving overdose drug easily available
The Providence Journal By some stroke of luck, the manager of the house — a transitional home for people in recovery from addiction — had just returned, and the frightened roommate alerted him. Michael J. Rossi, who is also a registered nurse, called 911, ran upstairs and … |