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Akron-area heroin deaths soar, suburbs and rural areas fall victim – Akron Beacon Journal

Akron-area heroin deaths soar, suburbs and rural areas fall victim Akron Beacon Journal Nick Turner, a recovering heroin addict, pauses as he talks about his life with the drug and his recovery during an interview at his Akron home. Turner has been sober for more than a year, but his journey into opiate use, included heroin and painkillers. and more »

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Amsterdam alcoholics paid in beer for collecting litter BBC News Floor van Bakkum of Amsterdam's Jellinek anti-addiction clinic says the project is a good way to deal with "a very problematic group – it's kind of harm reduction". She likened it to giving carefully monitored methadone or heroin doses to chronic …

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Orchids Bloom: Best practices on harm reduction shared
Interventions such as Needle Syringe Exchange Programmes (NSEP) and Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST), HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) access, have proved extremely effective in arresting the spread of HIV. Dissemination of learnings from …
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Bookie bandit avoids jail over meat theft
He was also ordered to take part in a drug rehabilitation programme and warned the prison term could be activated if he committed another offence. Williams has now appeared before Basildon Crown Court again accused of stealing £65 of meat from Tesco, …
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Senator the Hon Bob Carr visits an HIV methadone clinic in Yogyakarta, Indonesia — Australian assistance in Indonesia is helping to provide injecting drug users with better access to harm reduction measures including methadone treatments. S…

Methadone Clinics Need Healthcare Support
Because of those misunderstandings there are separations between methadone treatment and the rest of the healthcare system,” says Marsh. “The outcomes for patients could be much improved if the addiction treatment system, including methadone, worked …
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Task forces takes on alcohol, housing
He compares the program to methadone treatment, which aims to reduce the negative impacts of opiate withdrawal. He notes the program would only be open to those who are considered chronic cases of alcohol abusers. The second major priority they're …
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Question by Amanda: What can Percocet abuse do to your baby during pregnancy?
A girl I know is due in August and has been abusing the pills before she found out and ever since she found out. She has been taking 5-8 a day. The doctor supposedly tells her everything looks/sounds good but I’m doubtful. Could something be wrong with her baby when it’s born? Thanks for any answers. She also has not told her doctor about her substance abuse.
Could the doctor be able to tell anything is wrong through listening to the heart beat? Or any ultrasounds? It’s not fair to make your baby suffer while you get high.

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Answer by ladystang
birth defects up to death

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Drug Methadone: AUDIO: Methadone 'an emotional painkiller'
Its estimated that the cost to society of treating drug addicts with methadone in England alone is £3.6 billion a year
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Drug Methadone: Recovering addict supports methadone substitute
A Charlottetown woman who's trying to kick her addiction to prescription narcotics would like to see the province cover the cost of a new substitute drug for methadone.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone Addiction Treatment Announced by Recovery Associates Methadone Drug Rehab
Methadone addiction issues addressed through Recovery Associates Methadone Drug Treatment Program. Their different treatment tracks support and encourage people to give up addictive substances and create a new life in recovery. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/methadone-addiction/treatment-rehab/prweb10723078.htm
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Drug Methadone: Drug users, advocates take City of Abbotsford to court over bylaw
Drug users and advocates are taking the City of Abbotsford to court over the city’s harm reduction bylaw. Abbotsford amended their zoning bylaw in 2005 to add “harm reduction use,” which effectively prevents businesses such as methadone dispensaries and needle exchanges from operating in the city. PIVOT Legal Society is representing three drug users and…
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Drug Methadone: AUDIO: Methadone 'an emotional painkiller'
Its estimated that the cost to society of treating drug addicts with methadone in England alone is £3.6 billion a year
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Drug Methadone: Recovering addict supports methadone substitute
A Charlottetown woman who's trying to kick her addiction to prescription narcotics would like to see the province cover the cost of a new substitute drug for methadone.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone Addiction Treatment Announced by Recovery Associates Methadone Drug Rehab
Methadone addiction issues addressed through Recovery Associates Methadone Drug Treatment Program. Their different treatment tracks support and encourage people to give up addictive substances and create a new life in recovery. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/methadone-addiction/treatment-rehab/prweb10723078.htm
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Drug Methadone: Drug users, advocates take City of Abbotsford to court over bylaw
Drug users and advocates are taking the City of Abbotsford to court over the city’s harm reduction bylaw. Abbotsford amended their zoning bylaw in 2005 to add “harm reduction use,” which effectively prevents businesses such as methadone dispensaries and needle exchanges from operating in the city. PIVOT Legal Society is representing three drug users and…
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