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Brooklyn Deadliest Borough for Overdoses

Brooklyn deadliest borough for overdoses
Brooklyn had the greatest number of fatal drug overdoses from 2010 to 2012, city Health Department data shows. All told, there were 541 drug deaths in 2010, 630 in 2011 and 730 in 2012, records show.
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With drug crackdown, LePage favoring enforcement over treatment
The governor wants more drug officers, judges and prosecutors but remains silent on prevention and treatment in his State of the State speech.
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Methadone overdose killed Stony Plain foster boy, 13
A 13-year-old boy in provincial care overdosed on methadone during a sleepover at a friend’s house in 2010, a fatality inquiry report revealed Wednesday.
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Driver With Man on Windshield Says She Panicked – Charlotte Observer

Driver with man on windshield says she panicked – Charlotte Observer

Driver with man on windshield says she panicked
Charlotte Observer
Under questioning by her lawyer, Nan Whitfield, the 52-year-old defendant told jurors her story of addiction, which began when she was in a car accident at the age of 15 and suffered a broken back and shattered bones in her ankles and legs. Wilkins

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Sheppard pleads guilty to host of drug charges – Seacoastonline.com

Sheppard pleads guilty to host of drug charges
Seacoastonline.com
As a result of the second incident, Sheppard was indicted on charges of dispensing a controlled drug and possession of fentanyl, cocaine and methadone while released on bail, as well as a violation-level charge of allowing an improper person to drive

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Jail for drug user who stole figures – Burton Mail

Times in-Depth: Heroin’s Deadly Return to Erie – GoErie.com

Times In-Depth: Heroin’s deadly return to Erie – GoErie.com

Times In-Depth: Heroin's deadly return to Erie
GoErie.com
In 2012, 335,000 Americans reported using heroin in the past month, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, by the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Health Department. That

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Times in-Depth: Heroin’s Deadly Return to Erie – GoErie.com

Times In-Depth: Heroin’s deadly return to Erie – GoErie.com

Times In-Depth: Heroin's deadly return to Erie
GoErie.com
In 2012, 335,000 Americans reported using heroin in the past month, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, by the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Health Department. That

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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 

Risenburg Was Hospitalized for Drug Overdoses Twice Before – Fremont News Messenger

Drug Methadone: Risenburg was hospitalized for drug overdoses twice before – Fremont News Messenger

Risenburg was hospitalized for drug overdoses twice before
Fremont News Messenger
FREMONT — A local woman who died of an overdose of methadone allegedly given to her by her husband had been hospitalized twice before for drug overdoses, according to Sandusky County Coroner John Wukie. Beth Risenburg, 41, was found

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Drug Methadone: Rutland methadone clinic pushed back further – Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Rutland methadone clinic pushed back further
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Baker spoke out at a number of public hearings held last month to inform city residents and hear their feedback to the proposed facility where addicts would be administered their doses of methadone — a drug that blocks the cravings for opiates without

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Drug Methadone: Methadone GPs fall short in Wyndham – Wyndham Weekly