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Methadone May Come Under Closer Supervision in Minnesota
Drug Methadone: Methadone may come under closer supervision in Minnesota
ST. PAUL – Minnesota legislators likely will debate proposals next year to slap tighter supervision on the use of the potent drug methadone, used to treat pain and addictions to illegal drugs such as heroin.
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Drug Methadone: Pam Bondi's mission to help drug-addicted babies
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi leads a task force that aims to develop solutions for the problem of drug-addicted newborns.
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Drug Methadone: HIV Soars Among Greece’s Drug Users Amid Austerity
HIV infections among drug users in Greece jumped more than 20-fold in fewer than two years, fueled by a lack of needle exchange and methadone programs, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Drug Methadone: Professor: Methadone deaths multiplied over 9 years
A new report shows drug-related deaths are steadily increasing in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater epidemiologist David Nordstrom reviewed nearly 5,000 deaths that were certified as drug-related between 1999 and 2008. Most were accidental overdoses or suicides and the majority involved male victims with an average age of about 43. Nordstrom found a shift in which deaths related to …
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Methadone May Come Under Closer Supervision in Minnesota
Drug Methadone: Methadone may come under closer supervision in Minnesota
ST. PAUL – Minnesota legislators likely will debate proposals next year to slap tighter supervision on the use of the potent drug methadone, used to treat pain and addictions to illegal drugs such as heroin.
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Drug Methadone: HIV Soars Among Greece’s Drug Users Amid Austerity
HIV infections among drug users in Greece jumped more than 20-fold in fewer than two years, fueled by a lack of needle exchange and methadone programs, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Drug Methadone: Professor: Methadone deaths multiplied over 9 years
A new report shows drug-related deaths are steadily increasing in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater epidemiologist David Nordstrom reviewed nearly 5,000 deaths that were certified as drug-related between 1999 and 2008. Most were accidental overdoses or suicides and the majority involved male victims with an average age of about 43. Nordstrom found a shift in which deaths related to …
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Drug Methadone: Wider Availability of Methadone Helps Curb HIV in Vietnam
Treatment for intravenous drug users in Vietnam remains a very sensitive subject, but the expansion of methadone treatment has been welcomed by HIV clinicians. In 2002 international donors warned that rapidly rising numbers of HIV/AIDS cases could threaten Vietnam’s economic development. A decade later aid groups are praising the country for expanding harm reduction policies, at least in the …
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Drug Methadone: Drug addicts used prescription forms stolen from a doctor’s car
HOMELESS drug addicts used blank prescription forms stolen from a doctor’s car to try to get hold of methadone, a court heard.
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Wider Availability of Methadone Helps Curb HIV in Vietnam
Drug Methadone: Wider Availability of Methadone Helps Curb HIV in Vietnam
Treatment for intravenous drug users in Vietnam remains a very sensitive subject, but the expansion of methadone treatment has been welcomed by HIV clinicians. In 2002 international donors warned that rapidly rising numbers of HIV/AIDS cases could threaten Vietnam’s economic development. A decade later aid groups are praising the country for expanding harm reduction policies, at least in the …
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Drug Methadone: HIV Soars Among Greece’s Drug Users While Programs Cut
HIV infections among drug users in Greece jumped more than 20-fold in fewer than two years, fueled by a lack of needle exchange and methadone programs, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Drug Methadone: Prescription for crime? Chemists defend methadone policy
Prescription for crime? Chemists defend methadone policy PHARMACISTS insist they are right to dish out methadone in the city centre, after the policy was questioned by senior police officers.
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Drug Methadone: Call for debate on methadone
SENIOR police officers have called for a debate on whether methadone should be dispensed in city-centre pharmacies.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone Therapies Reduce HIV Transmission Risk
Drug Methadone: Methadone Therapies Reduce HIV Transmission Risk
A new study provides solid evidence of a link between methadone treatments and a reduced risk of HIV trasmission in people who inject drugs. The international team of researchers write about their findings in the 4 October online issue of the BMJ. A big risk factor for spreading HIV and AIDS is use of injection drugs. Estimates suggest 5 to 10% of HIV infections worldwide are because of …
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Drug Methadone: Prescription Drug Abuse Bigger Problem Than Illegal Drugs
When 23-year-old Jaclyn Kinkade overdosed on drugs in 2010 it wasn't heroine or another illegal substance that claimed her life–instead, Jaclyn was one of many victims of America's number one drug problem, prescription drugs . Jaclyn, who was a doctor's office assistant and part-time model, got her drugs, which include oxycodone and methadone, legally from Walgreen's and CVS. The U.S. spends …
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Drug Methadone: After Methadone Mix-Up, Pharmacy Settles Suit
by Ned Oliver There's a long list of medications used to treat attention deficit disorder in children. Methadone, a high-powered opiate typically given to recovering heroin addicts, isn't one of them.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Drug Methadone: Drug users 'need better treatment'
Opiate-replacement drugs such as methadone must not be the only treatment available to drug users, the Legal Affairs Minister has said.
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Drug Methadone: Warren Should Fight – knox.VillageSoup.com (Blog)
Drug Methadone: Warren should fight – knox.VillageSoup.com (blog)
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Warren should fight
knox.VillageSoup.com (blog) What makes this a farce is that while large drug companies are allowed to legally profit from selling drugs, including methadone and marijuana, taxpayers are funding a “war on drugs” down the street, asking our local police officers to put their lives … |
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Drug Methadone: CCSO arrests woman with illegal drugs in her bra – Wink News
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CCSO arrests woman with illegal drugs in her bra
Wink News Aston was charged with Drug Possession Without a Prescription and Possession of Narcotics Equipment. Bonneville was charged with Possession of Oxycodone, Possession of Methadone, Possession of Alprazolam, Possession of Narcotics Paraphernalia, … |
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Drug Methadone: Rights group: Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers By The Associated Press … – Laramie Boomerang
Methadone Treatments: What Makes Russians Protest Against Methadone Treatment for Heroin Addiction?
When the Soviet Union fell and greater freedoms became available to its citizens, an undesirable side effect of this change was greater access to narcotics. In particular, heroin. And, as in many other countries, along with a heroin epidemic comes HIV infections resulting from the sharing of needles used to inject heroin. Estimates of the number of heroin addicts vary from three million to six million of the country’s 142 million citizens.
Like in America, some Russian doctors propose the use of substitution therapy with methadone. But unlike America, the treatment of heroin addiction with methadone is illegal. In fact, the discussion of the subject is forbidden, as is the promotion of the treatment on a website. Sometimes, even the mentioning it in conversation can bring legal sanctions down on a person.