Posts Tagged ‘heroin addiction’

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV
They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Drug Drop-Offs Collect Thousands of Pills – the Wilson Times (Subscription)

Drug drop-offs collect thousands of pills – The Wilson Times (subscription)

Drug drop-offs collect thousands of pills
The Wilson Times (subscription)
Authorities collected unneeded and expired medications to keep them off the streets where many drugs have a high potential for abuse. “This, to me, is the … Painkillers like oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone are among the most-abused medications.

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction – Seacoastonline.com

Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction
Seacoastonline.com
Though I was suspicious that I was being prescribed methadone for pain when I only knew of its use in the treatment of heroin addiction, my trust for the prescriber prevailed. I began using it as prescribed, never abusing it, and I was stepped up the

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times

Help Wanted: Personal Tales Show Few Detox Options for Local Heroin Addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

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Alcoholism Methadone – Google News

Users being charged under law intended for dealers – Bucks County Courier Times

Users being charged under law intended for dealers
Bucks County Courier Times
The rate of fatal overdoses in the U.S. has tripled since 1991, and opioid-related drugs account for most of that increase, according to the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Director's 2013 annual report. The pace at which opioid

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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV
They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Painkillers and Heroin; on the Road to Addiction – Seacoastonline.com

Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction – Seacoastonline.com

Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction
Seacoastonline.com
Though I was suspicious that I was being prescribed methadone for pain when I only knew of its use in the treatment of heroin addiction, my trust for the prescriber prevailed. I began using it as prescribed, never abusing it, and I was stepped up the

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times


Sunday Star Times

Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times
If methadone was combined with commonly abused drugs, including alcohol, it could be fatal and continuing to prescribe the treatment "when someone is knowingly using this dangerous combination is very high risk", she said. Eight people died while on

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Innocents Lost: Kids are dying, but who’s counting? – Bradenton Herald

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV
They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News