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Methadone Clinic Cited for Repeat Violations – Duluth News Tribune
Methadone clinic cited for repeat violations – Duluth News Tribune
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Methadone clinic cited for repeat violations
Duluth News Tribune The latest set of violations cited at the only methadone clinic in Northeastern Minnesota is a “disappointment,” the inspector general for the state's Department of Human Services said. By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune. Lake Superior Treatment Center. Methadone clinic still operating more than a year after revocation |
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Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective … – The Almagest
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Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective …
The Almagest Supervised injectable opiate treatments are more cost-effective than optimised oral methadone treatment for chronic heroin addiction, according to new research from King's College London. Although injectable treatments are more expensive to provide … |
Will Work for Beer: A New Reality for Amsterdam’s Alcoholics – Everyday Health
Will Work for Beer: A New Reality for Amsterdam’s Alcoholics – Everyday Health
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Will Work for Beer: A New Reality for Amsterdam's Alcoholics
Everyday Health It is based loosely on the methadone treatment program for heroin addicts, where the less problematic methadone is allowed but the hard drugs are not. Not everyone in Amsterdam and other European countries agrees with the model. However, many in the … |
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Religious Ministry Defends Drug Rehab Programme – thejournal.ie
Religious ministry defends drug rehab programme – thejournal.ie
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Religious ministry defends drug rehab programme
thejournal.ie There are an estimated 20,000 heroin addicts in Ireland, but just one professionally supervised detox bed for every 400 addicts in Dublin. Investigation. The investigation examines how at Victory Outreach's recovery homes, addicts come off drugs and do … |
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users A Safe Haven – HPPR
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
HPPR Drug addict Martin Jensen used to hide in elevators and stairwells when he smoked heroin. Now, he's on methadone — and uses a Copenhagen "drug consumption room," where medical personnel watch over people using illegal drugs. Enlarge image. |
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America's Fracking Boom Dilemma for Environmentalists
America's fracking boom dilemma for environmentalists
With the expansion of sources of traditional energy, they worry the pressure for sustainable alternatives will ease. Gasoline prices have held steady, … He compares it to a heroin addict weaning himself off the drug with methadone. “To me natural gas …
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Two Cheers for E-Cigarettes
For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Now imagine that an alternative comes to the market, an innovative device that can help people wean themselves from the deadly product …
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Heroin Overdose Deaths Rise in County
Heroin overdose deaths rise in county
Methadone has traditionally been used to bring heroin and narcotic users off their addictions by reducing withdrawal symptoms, however it can also be abused as a painkiller on the street. And while heroin seems to be the newest drug of choice …
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Detox unit invites referrals
… alcohol and opiates a reducing pharmacological detox regimen, inclusive of on-site methadone titration. Cannabis- and stimulant-dependent clients are also accepted for detox and can receive medication for symptomatic relief of their withdrawals …
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Kicking the habit: Random Lake woman hopes to be clean by Christmas
Patient Jamie Peterson, 27, of Random Lake, shows the injection tracks on her arms as she seeks help overcoming withdrawal symptoms from her heroin addiction through the medical stabilization service NewVision at Holy Family Memorial in Manitowoc.
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Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users a Safe Haven – NPR (Blog)
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users A Safe Haven – NPR (blog)
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
NPR (blog) It's not that he's quit — though he is taking methadone, which has helped him cut back. It's that now he has a place to come and take his drugs in peace. In June 2012, the Danish Parliament passed legislation making it possible for municipalities to … |
Letter: I’m worried about methadone clinic, you should be, too – Eagle-Tribune
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Letter: I'm worried about methadone clinic, you should be, too
Eagle-Tribune Most people know you give methadone to heroin addicts, but it's also a narcotic pain killer. So why would you give a narcotic to somebody who is already addicted to narcotics? It gets them off “street drugs” and puts them on a similar, but … |