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Fatal Addiction: Britain's 6,200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin Substitute for More Than TEN Years

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill …
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Fatal Addiction: Britain's 6,200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin Substitute for More Than TEN Years

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill …
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Related Drug Methadone Information…

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

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


Sky News Australia

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
Bendigo Advertiser –Yahoo!7 News –TopNews United States
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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 

Fatal Addiction: Britain's 6,200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin Substitute for More Than TEN Years

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill …
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves 1st single-ingredient hydrocodone drug, despite negative expert opinion
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-Term Methadone Use Is Form of ‘State-Sponsored Social Control’ – Irish Times

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’ – Irish Times

Long-term methadone use is form of 'State-sponsored social control'
Irish Times
Maintaining drug users on the heroin-replacement drug methadone is a form of State-sponsored social control that substitutes one addictive opiate drug for another, the head of one of Dublin's biggest drug-free rehabilitation projects has said. Irene

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Fatal addiction: Britain’s 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin … – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin
Daily Mail
Kathy Gyngell, author of a report on methadone for the Centre for Policy Studies, added: 'The figures add up to billions of pounds wasted. These people might have come off drugs had they not been kept on methadone, which keeps them dependent on drugs 

Drug Methadone – Google News

Fatal Addiction: Britain's 6,200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin Substitute for More Than TEN Years

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill …
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves 1st single-ingredient hydrocodone drug, despite negative expert opinion
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results