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A Look at the Harm Reduction Industry
Facts On Methadone in the News
Facts On Methadone: A look at the harm reduction industry
In 2002 she researched “methadone programs in non-traditional settings' (Day cares? Hockey rinks? But I jest…). In 2005 she worked on Best Practices for Needles Exchanges in Ontario. So she's already committed to needle exchanges, she just wants to …
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Facts On Methadone: Ill or injured workers – can the adequacy of medical information be questioned?
Ambulance Victoria v Ms V3 Facts Ms V, an ambulance driver with Ambulance Victoria (AV), had been prescribed methadone in 2000 to manage depression caused by chronic pain from an injury that she suffered at work in 1998. Ms V worked intermittently …
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Anti-Overdose Kit Is Raising the Controversial Spectre of Harm Reduction
How To Get Methadone in the News
How To Get Methadone: Anti-overdose kit is raising the controversial spectre of harm reduction
A proposal to set up a methadone clinic in Cabbagetown was recently scrapped after neighbours reportedly raised strong objections to a project they feared could increase crime and decrease property values. As for the anti-overdose kits, Edmonton has …
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How To Get Methadone: Pelletier says there's more he wants to do
He also opposed a plan to open a methadone clinic in his ward. Pelletier said he tentatively supports a proposal to allow Northside Carting to handle trash at its Swampscott Road site in exchange for cleaning up the polluted property, but only if steps …
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Drug Tests Methadone: How to Get Help With Drug Abuse
Drug Tests Methadone in the News
Drug Tests Methadone: How to get help with drug abuse
His aim is to link substance misusers with services such as addiction counselling, the methadone clinic and treatment centres. He is also available for advice and support, advocacy, auricular acupuncture and harm reduction advice. …
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Drug Tests Methadone: Second tainted letter turns up at Harford County Detention Center
In a statement, Public Information Officer Erin Julius says, "Previous urinalysis testing didn't have the capability to detect that particular drug. However, within the last four months, urinalysis tests have been changed so as to also detect Suboxone. …
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Christie Blatchford on Insite: With Addicts, Nothing Works Perfectly, but …
Uses Of Methadone in the News
Uses Of Methadone: Christie Blatchford on Insite: With addicts, nothing works perfectly, but …
She is on methadone most of the time, but when she relapses and uses, she goes to Insite. When she first went eight years ago, she noticed that she stopped getting abscesses — one perquisite, among many, of clean needles. For all that harm-reduction …
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Uses Of Methadone: Balloon release held to highlight addiction issues
The clinic uses methadone and suboxone to treat physical withdrawal symptoms from opiates such as heroin, she said, but it also offers a variety of counseling options. Recovering addict Donna Fox, 56, also spoke at the event. "I tried to commit suicide …
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Salvation or a Slippery Slope? – Vancouver Sun
Drug Abuse Methadone: Salvation or a slippery slope? – Vancouver Sun
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Salvation or a slippery slope?
Vancouver Sun Pain societies the world over began pushing for more effective use of opioids, citing studies showing little risk of addiction in patients with no history of substance abuse. Then came slow-release versions of oxycodone and similar drugs. … Methadone: Bliss for Patients with Chronic Pain |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Drug Abuse Methadone: Why Ottawa needs some Insite – Ottawa Citizen
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Why Ottawa needs some Insite
Ottawa Citizen A comprehensive harm reduction program would reduce drug use and make Ottawa safer, writes Dr. Mark Tyndall By Dr. Mark Tyndall, Ottawa Citizen October 4, 2011 Insite workers and supporters celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada decision on the future … Strang: No plans for safe-injection sites in NS Vancouver's injection clinic gets Supreme Court reprieve Addicts, advocates cheer as Insite survives SCOC ruling |
Feds Send Drug Czar to New Hampshire to Sell Drug Monitoring Program – StateImpact New Hampshire
Drug Abuse Methadone: Feds Send Drug Czar to New Hampshire to Sell Drug Monitoring Program – StateImpact New Hampshire
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Feds Send Drug Czar to New Hampshire to Sell Drug Monitoring Program
StateImpact New Hampshire But New Hampshire has another distinction– the second highest rate of prescription drug abuse among young people in the nation. The increase in abuse of prescription medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet and methadone has led to an increase in … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Drug Abuse Methadone: Why Ottawa needs some Insite – Ottawa Citizen
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Why Ottawa needs some Insite
Ottawa Citizen Last week's unanimous Supreme Court decision that allows Vancouver to operate Insite, North America's first supervised injection site, was a victory for harm reduction and a ringing endorsement for a more sensible approach to illicit drug use in Canada … Strang: No plans for safe-injection sites in NS Vancouver's injection clinic gets Supreme Court reprieve Addicts, advocates cheer as Insite survives SCOC ruling |