Posts Tagged ‘heroin addicts’

PCC Backs Drug 'Shooting Galleries'

PCC backs drug 'shooting galleries'
Addicts should have access to "consumption rooms" where they could inject heroin legally, a police and crime commissioner believes.
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Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
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Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
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Vic deaths tied to abuse of methadone plan
Takeaway methadone being prescribed to heroin addicts is killing too many Victorians, a coroner says.
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PCC Backs Drug 'Shooting Galleries'

PCC backs drug 'shooting galleries'
Addicts should have access to "consumption rooms" where they could inject heroin legally, a police and crime commissioner believes.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Vic deaths tied to abuse of methadone plan
Takeaway methadone being prescribed to heroin addicts is killing too many Victorians, a coroner says.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Related Drug Methadone Information…

West Seattle Crime Prevention Council: Drug Diversion Court Spotlighted

West Seattle Crime Prevention Council: Drug Diversion Court spotlighted
He went into some of how it works – those who slip up in the program go into jail for a while “to get a taste of what they would be facing otherwise”; the program also offers tools to help the addict, for example, methadone for heroin addicts. … He …
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Maryland ban on synthetic marijuana takes effect October 1
He was using it to dull the withdrawal symptoms from methadone used to treat a heroin addiction. Charlie told his parents it was an herb and was natural. "We didn't … If the drug affects the receptors in the brain the same way THC (the main …
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Fatal Addiction: Britain's 6,200 State-Sponsored Drug Addicts Hooked on Heroin Substitute for More Than TEN Years

Fatal addiction: Britain's 6,200 state-sponsored drug addicts hooked on heroin substitute for more than TEN years
Doctors prescribe the opiate drug methadone hydrochloride to help hard-drug users kick their habit but too many are getting 'parked' on it rather than progressing.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Long-term methadone use is form of ‘State-sponsored social control’
Some addicts had been on the methadone treatment programme for 20 years
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

Vic deaths tied to abuse of methadone plan
Takeaway methadone being prescribed to heroin addicts is killing too many Victorians, a coroner says.
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves more powerful, pure hydrocodone drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a stronger, single-ingredient version hydrocodone, the widely-abused prescription painkiller. The agency said Friday it approved the extended-release pill …
Drug Methadone – Yahoo News Search Results

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 

Alcohol and Drug Abuse May Be Genetic Risk

Methadone And Drug Testing in the News

Methadone And Drug Testing: Alcohol and drug abuse may be genetic risk
Meanwhile Australian Institute Health and Welfare data shows 47,000 Australians using methadone and other pharmacotherapy to deal with opioid dependence. The number of people using these programs to cope with drug addiction has doubled since …
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Methadone And Drug Testing: Tragedy of dad Duane: Coroner records misadventure verdict after inquest told
Tests found temazepam, methadone, cocaine, alcohol and cannabis. Dr Dasgupta reassured distraught family … Clare Bailey, assistant deputy Teesside coroner, said: “Duane had a history of alcohol and drug abuse.” She noted no drugs were found at the …
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Methadone And Drug Testing: Plea in Goodview methadone killing
Schumacher Sr. will be sentenced early this fall. Methadone is a synthetic opiate and a potent prescription drug used for relieving extreme pain and weaning heroin addicts from of their opiate dependency. Schumacher Sr. has a valid prescription for …
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