Posts Tagged ‘drug and alcohol abuse’

Rise in Heroin Use Leads to More Patients at Treatment Centers – Insurance News Net (Press Release)

Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – Insurance News Net (press release)

Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
Insurance News Net (press release)
In the original, information about methadone withdrawal was incorrect. In 2013, 43 percent of the Wilmington Treatment Center's 2,421 patients were treated for opiate addiction. Addiction recovery groups in the area hold 135 meetings per week. The

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger – Worcester Telegram

Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger
Worcester Telegram
Dr. DiLorenzo also called for more physicians who could administer Suboxone, a semi-synthetic opiod used to treat opiate addiction, which is considered to have lower risk for abuse than Methadone. The perverse byproduct of relatively few inpatient beds
'Epidemic' opiate crisis addressed at hearingThe Sun
Addiction-treatment workers at Fitchburg forum: 'We can't afford to have it fail'Sentinel and Enterprise

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse Leading to Care Proceedings for Children

Drug and alcohol abuse leading to care proceedings for children
The latest report on child care law shows that the Child & Family Agency failed in its applications for care orders in three cases.
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AADK drug therapy highlighted at the UN
KUALA LUMPUR: The success and global recognition of the National Anti-Drugs Agency's (AADK) Cure and Care Centres in delivering methadone maintenance therapy to treat drug dependency was highlighted at the 57th United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Session (CND) in Vienna, Austria.
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Drug Treatment Funding in Maine Is Falling, but Demand Is Greater Than Ever – Morning Sentinel

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever – Morning Sentinel


Morning Sentinel

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
Morning Sentinel
That $ 47 million still represented only 3.4 percent of the $ 1.4 billion total estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse in Maine, including medical, criminal and incarceration costs. Those who have been able to get into treatment often trade heroin for

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Barrow man overdosed on drugs – NW Evening Mail

Barrow man overdosed on drugs
NW Evening Mail
Coroner Ian Smith recorded the verdict that the 40-year-old died from the abuse of drugs. He was found dead at his home in Greenhill Close on July 11 last year. The hearing heard he had taken amounts of methadone and heroin which would have been 

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Drug Treatment Funding in Maine Is Falling, but Demand Is Greater Than Ever – Press Herald

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever – Press Herald


Press Herald

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
Press Herald
That $ 47 million still represented only 3.4 percent of the $ 1.4 billion total estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse in Maine, including medical, criminal and incarceration costs. Those who have been able to get into treatment often trade heroin for

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat – The Tennessean

Prescription drug abuse is foe we can beat
The Tennessean
As tears streamed down her face, she described the battle to save her grandson's life as doctors gave him methadone to treat his withdrawal symptoms. But would it shock you if I told you that Billy's story repeats itself every By taking preventive

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Drug Treatment Funding in Maine Is Falling, but Demand Is Greater Than Ever – Kennebec Journal

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever – Kennebec Journal


Kennebec Journal

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
Kennebec Journal
That $ 47 million still represented only 3.4 percent of the $ 1.4 billion total estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse in Maine, including medical, criminal and incarceration costs. Those who have been able to get into treatment often trade heroin for

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

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Drug Treatment Funding in Maine Is Falling, but Demand Is Greater Than Ever – Morning Sentinel

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever – Morning Sentinel


Morning Sentinel

Drug treatment funding in Maine is falling, but demand is greater than ever
Morning Sentinel
That $ 47 million still represented only 3.4 percent of the $ 1.4 billion total estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse in Maine, including medical, criminal and incarceration costs. Those who have been able to get into treatment often trade heroin for

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

OEDEL: Laws of addiction – Macon Telegraph (blog)

OEDEL: Laws of addiction
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Hoffman's final fix, though, was of an illicit Class I street drug presently unusual in Georgia: heroin. The four biggest killer drugs in Georgia, at least outside Atlanta are, in order, alprazolam (Xanax), oxycodone (OxyContin), methadone and

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

George Washington: Boozehound – Record-Searchlight (blog)