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BC Replacing Methadone With Stronger Drug, Methadose
BC replacing methadone with stronger drug, methadose
The new medication to treat heroin addiction arrives in February and is 10 times more powerful than methadone. Vancouver's Area Network of Drug Users says the switch may lead to overdoses.
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Proposed methadone clinic near school
Monday night, some neighbors in Waterbury are getting together to fight plans to put a methadone clinic in their neighborhood. Right now the plans are to put that clinic near an elementary school.
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B.C. government warns of super strong methadone
The B.C. government is acknowledging thousands of methadone users have an increased risk of overdosing with the pending change to a heroin-substitute formula that makes it 10 times more potent.
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BC Replacing Methadone With Stronger Drug, Methadose – News1130
BC replacing methadone with stronger drug, methadose – News1130
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BC replacing methadone with stronger drug, methadose
News1130 VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – There's a warning going out for people being treated for heroin addiction in BC. A new medication coming in February is 10 times more powerful than the drug they're on now. The province is switching from methadone to … Stronger methadone comes with caution |
Sister’s claim: Mum gave her son the drug that killed him – Sunderland Echo
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Sister's claim: Mum gave her son the drug that killed him
Sunderland Echo AN inquest into a man's death from a drug overdose was halted after his sobbing sister told the hearing their mother supplied the methadone. Robert Prentice, from Hendon, Sunderland, was found dead in his mother's front room on August 20. Tests … |
Fighting Addiction With a Pill Has Potential for Abuse, Officials Say – Coshocton Tribune
Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say – Coshocton Tribune
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Fighting addiction with a pill has potential for abuse, officials say
Coshocton Tribune Combined with traditional therapy, studies have shown that buprenorphine is as effective a tool as methadone in opiate addiction recovery, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. However, unlike methadone … |
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Magistrate urges heroin addict to conquer his demons – Your Local Guardian
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Magistrate urges heroin addict to conquer his demons
Your Local Guardian The court heard Hansen had battled heroin addiction for the last 10 years, he is now on methadone, and was trapped in a "vicious cycle" of drug abuse, theft, arrest and release. Hansen was handed an eight week jail term, suspended for six months as … |
Former Santa Barbara Doctor Pleads Guilty to Charges of Overprescribing … – Noozhawk
Former Santa Barbara Doctor Pleads Guilty to Charges of Overprescribing … – Noozhawk
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Former Santa Barbara Doctor Pleads Guilty to Charges of Overprescribing …
Noozhawk "The diversion of powerful painkillers from legitimate medical uses to the hands of drug abusers is a dangerous practice that fuels addiction and causes overdoses. Far too many of the illegal prescription drugs that find their way to street users come … |
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Focus on drugs – Barre Montpelier Times Argus
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Focus on drugs
Barre Montpelier Times Argus In his State of the State address on Wednesday the governor offered convincing evidence showing the degree to which addiction to opiates — prescription drugs and heroin — has mushroomed in recent years. Drugs are cheap and available, and hundreds of … Shumlin to make 'opiate epidemic' theme of State of the State Shumlin: The No. 1 threat to the Vermont way of life is drug addiction |
City, County Start Talking About IV Drug Epidemic – the Olympian
City, county start talking about IV drug epidemic – The Olympian
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City, county start talking about IV drug epidemic
The Olympian One potential response discussed Monday night was increasing the cap on the number of patients served by methadone treatment at the South Sound Clinic — the sole location in Thurston County where people with heroin addiction can get medically … |
Woman pleads not guilty in methadone death of baby grandson – KOMO News
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Woman pleads not guilty in methadone death of baby grandson
KOMO News (AP) – A Lacey woman pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter charges in the death of her 1-year-old grandson who overdosed on methadone. Tami Roughton is accused of providing or allowing the boy access to the drug in November 2012 at her home. |
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Olympia Officials, Thurston County Commission Discuss Possible Solutions to … – the Olympian
Olympia officials, Thurston County Commission discuss possible solutions to … – The Olympian
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Olympia officials, Thurston County Commission discuss possible solutions to …
The Olympian The Olympia City Council and the Thurston County Commission held a joint work session Monday night to discuss the growing epidemic of intravenous drug use, and its manifestation in a marked increase in discarded needles downtown and in public parks … |
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Individuals, teens targeted in M heroin treatment package – Cincinnati.com
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Individuals, teens targeted in $ 32M heroin treatment package
Cincinnati.com Kalfas said use of drugs such as methadone or Suboxone, combined with counseling and other services, provides the best long-term results for people with heroin addiction. “There is strong evidence that medicine-assisted treatment has a greater bang for … |
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Individuals, teens tarted in million heroin treatment package – Cincinnati.com