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Grand Opening of Clinic Demonstrates Problems Treating Drug Addicts – Ottawa Sun

Grand opening of clinic demonstrates problems treating drug addicts – Ottawa Sun


Ottawa Citizen

Grand opening of clinic demonstrates problems treating drug addicts
Ottawa Sun
Even though Tuesday was a day of celebration at the new Recovery Ottawa drug treatment centre, there was a lot of anger just under the surface. As the grand opening celebrations took "When she's on methadone, she's normal. She has children. We
Video: Trafficking victim thankful for treatmentOttawa Citizen
Video: Tour Ottawa's newest drug treatment centre, Recovery OttawaMetroNews Canada

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Methadone Clinics – Google News

New methadone clinic aims to give addicts immediate help – Ottawa Citizen


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New methadone clinic aims to give addicts immediate help
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa has other methadone clinics, but not quite like this one, which is located in the Eastview Shopping Centre in Vanier, near Montreal Road and Vanier Parkway. Up until now, addicts who finally went looking for treatment were put onto waiting lists.

Drug Treatment Center to Open in Rutland

Drug treatment center to open in Rutland
In a tiny room of the West Ridge Center for Addiction Recovery, patients with addictions to opiate drugs like heroin and prescription painkillers will enter through one door, receive a liquid dose of methadone from a bank teller-like window, and exit …
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Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?
About 1 in 4 women (24.3%) and 1 in 7 men (13.8%) have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner (e.g., hit with a fist or something hard, beaten, slammed against something) at some point in their lifetime. Approximately 4 out of …
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Woman Gets Chance to Defeat Addiction – Southwest Times

Woman gets chance to defeat addiction – Southwest Times

Woman gets chance to defeat addiction
Southwest Times
A Pulaski County judge Thursday all but challenged a woman to complete drug treatment and overcome her addiction to pain medications. Brown was in court on a probation revocation stemming from a 2012 conviction of possession of Methadone.

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New York Times Panics Over Un-Risky Drug Buprenorphine – Reason (blog)

New York Times Panics Over Un-Risky Drug Buprenorphine
Reason (blog)
This very, very, very long story was about buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, and unlike methadone actually available by prescription in the form of "suboxone," where it is mixed with naloxone, an opiate-cancelling drug. (You know

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NC Ordered to Pay $528K in Patient Overdose Death

NC ordered to pay 8K in patient overdose death
North Carolina has been ordered to pay nearly $ 528,000 to the parents of a man given a lethal overdose of methadone at a government-run drug treatment facility.
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Rutland Methadone Clinic Opens – Vermont Public Radio

Rutland Methadone Clinic Opens – Vermont Public Radio


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Rutland Methadone Clinic Opens
Vermont Public Radio
Rutland opens its long awaited methadone clinic this week. Local leaders believe it will provide much needed help for recovering addicts and curb drug related crime in the city. But many point out that it will also make life easier for scores of people
Methadone clinic opening in RutlandBoston.com
Drug treatment center to open in RutlandRutland Herald

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Judge rejects arguments against S. Burlington methadone clinic – WCAX.COM … – WCAX

Judge rejects arguments against S. Burlington methadone clinic – WCAX.COM
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Legal arguments aimed at shutting down the new methadone clinic in South Burlington have been rejected. The HowardCenter opened the site on Dorset Street to help what they say is a growing number of opiate addicts in need of treatment. But opponents 

Teen’s Methadone Death Prompts Call for Changes – the Age

Teen’s methadone death prompts call for changes – The Age


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Teen's methadone death prompts call for changes
The Age
While 21 of the cases definitively involved third parties who got the drug from a member of the program, the research suggested that number could be much higher as the source of the methadone in 56 cases was unknown, Dr Jeremy Dwyer reported.
Coroner slams management of the methadone programABC Online
'Takeaway dosing' of methadone killing dozens of Victorians, coroner findsHerald Sun
Vic deaths tied to abuse of methadone planSydney Morning Herald
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Coroner slams methadone treatment program as ‘shamefully inadequate’ – ABC Online

Coroner slams methadone treatment program as 'shamefully inadequate'
ABC Online
A Victorian coroner has slammed the Health Department over the administration of the methadone drug treatment program. Coroner Jacinta Heffey described the supervision of the program used to treat heroin addicts as "shamefully inadequate." She says up