Posts Tagged ‘methadone clinic’
5 Ways to Help Heroin Addicts – Washington Post
5 ways to help heroin addicts – Washington Post
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5 ways to help heroin addicts
Washington Post Both drugs ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings. But there are only four publicly funded methadone clinics in Virginia. And unless people have good insurance, Suboxone is expensive, especially over the long term. Families of addicts also said … |
Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post A few nights later, Brennan was in a detox program in Chantilly. And Walker, 27, was dead. He'd taken one last hit, ….. Some were riding it out on Suboxone, a drug like methadone that helps recovering addicts. And there was Connor Brennan, looking … |
Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Would seem to make more sense to substitute medical marijuana for methadone to treat addicts. Methadone can be just as lethal as the drug for which it's being substituted. I saw far more economic and personal damage from alcohol than from pot during my … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Zohydro: Ticking Time Bomb? – Daily Beast
Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Huffington Post
Bain Capital Sees Opportunity In Methadone Clinics – Huffington Post
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Bain Capital Sees Opportunity In Methadone Clinics
Huffington Post ST. JOHNSBURY, VT – FEBRUARY 06: Drugs are prepared to shoot intravenously by a user addicted to heroin on February 6, 2014 in St. Johnsbury Vermont. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin recently devoted his entire State of the State speech to the … |
Methadone Clinics – Google News
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe Boston health officials are poised to close the city's only public methadone clinic at a time when heroin overdoses, which methadone is used to combat, are rising dramatically across the state. Shutting the clinic, which has offered methadone to opiate … |
Methadone Clinics – Google News
Warren, methadone clinic operator set settlement conference – Bangor Daily News
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Craven, associate director of the methadone clinic at 528 Dundas St., has spent 12 years dealing with people whose lives were ruined by addiction to prescription pain killer oxycontin. Craven said medical pot is safer than opiates but few, if any …
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Pinto thief on meds
"He was not taking his medications except for methadone. He was not taking any of his anti-psychotics." Beckett said Breault-Larocque will be eligible to receive Ontario Disability Support Program assistance upon his release and plans to return to his …
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It Takes More Than Methadone to Treat Addiction
It takes more than methadone to treat addiction
Brian MacQuarrie's excellent overview of the critical need to respond to an opiate epidemic is timely and informative. Most important, he notes that treatment clinics can offer not only methadone but also individual and group counseling. Continue …
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Highland County drug deaths at state average
“There is nothing sadder than a newborn child on a methadone (treatment) drip because mom did drugs for the whole pregnancy,” said Collins. She said that drug-addicted parents will feed their habit before feeding their children. … that court-ordered …
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Council hears pros and cons of city's methadone clinics
Evans said that while there is room for improvement in how medication is administered, methadone is the most regulated treatment for opiate dependencies. “It's very heavily regulated and we include them as Medicaid providers. It's in our best interest …
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Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM (WZZM) – A drug introduced 75 years ago to wean addicts off heroin is now the leading cause of prescription overdose deaths in Kent County. The drug is methadone. It is widely prescribed as an inexpensive pain killer, but has become a killer in its own … |
Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News
San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets – KALW