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Abusing Methadone in the News

Abusing Methadone: As heroin death toll rises, antidote is available — but hard to find
It's legal, but it's not widely available, said Caleb Banta-Green, a research scientist at the University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. "It's an issue of needing enough demand. People don't know to ask for it," he said.
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Abusing Methadone: Car bomb explodes outside newspaper offices in northern Mexico
Look at prescription meds that are used and abused by the average person–Oxycodone, Methadone, Percocet. These are legal but the demand for them and the abuse of them is still an epidemic. It is very naive to think, one day, that drug use and demand …
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Methadone Treatment Side Effects in the News

Methadone Treatment Side Effects: Bath salts, prescription med overdoses make job harder for police
However, because there are no medications to counteract the effects, patients who do come in are monitored and treated if medical conditions arise. "We'll take somebody to jail and they're perfectly fine and in five minutes they're flipping off the …
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Methadone Clinics: Duluth City Council Opposes Proposed Methadone Clinic – msnbc.com
DULUTH, MN (Northland’s NewsCenter) – Duluth City Councilors voted to oppose a proposed methadone clinic Monday. Methadone clinics treat addiction using other drugs which help addicts through the withdrawal process. Some councilors argued Duluth already …
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Methadone Clinics: Proposed Methadone Clinic Director Defends Program – msnbc.com
Duluth, MN (Northland’s NewsCenter) – According to Chad Braafladt, the Director of the Superior Treatment Center, methadone is a necessary, affordable, and effective way of treating opiate addiction. He says it helps quell the withdrawal process that is …
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Methadone Clinics: Proposed methadone clinic gets neighbors mobilized to fight – Waterbury Republican-American
TORRINGTON — Neighbors are mobilizing opposition to a methadone clinic proposed for Kennedy Drive, and have obtained nearly 100 signatures from residents worried about declining property values and crime. Mayor Ryan J. Bingham said he received …
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Drug Methadone: Second Methadone Clinic Proposed in Duluth – WDIO-TV

Second Methadone Clinic Proposed in Duluth WDIO-TV Methadone is a legal synthetic drug used to treat opiate addicts, such as heroin and prescription drugs. Now, groups say there is an increasing need for this type of treatment in the Northland. Two Organization, the Center for Alcohol and Drug … Another group wants to open Duluth methadone treatment clinicDuluth News Tribune all 3 news articles »

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Drug Methadone: Methadone: A complex issue which needs to be addressed – Kilmarnock Standard

Read more... Methadone: A complex issue which needs to be addressed Kilmarnock Standard “If elected I would want to look at the methadone programme. Have it dispensed in the communities rather than the shopping mall. Work with locally-based charities who specialise in drug addiction and try and come up with a solution to occupy these …

Drug Methadone: A Second Methadone Clinic in Duluth
On Monday the Duluth City Council voted against a second methadone clinic in the city. Now, two groups want to open separate methadone treatment facilities in Duluth.
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Drug Methadone: Second Methadone Clinic Proposed in Duluth
On Monday the Duluth City Council voted against a second methadone clinic in the city. Now, two groups want to open separate methadone treatment facilities in Duluth.
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Drug Methadone: Duluth Council Votes Against Proposed Methadone Clinic
The Duluth City Council took a formal stance in Monday evening's meeting, against bringing a proposed second methadone clinic to the city. The clinics are treatment centers for people addicted to drugs like heroin or prescription pills.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Summit confronts prescription drug abuse
Somersworth 200 related deaths occured last year Local and state law enforcement, medical professionals, educators and interested parties came together last week to discuss strategies for tackling prescription and non-prescription drug abuse and the deaths they cause statewide. Friday's summit, "Responding to Our Community's Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: A Call to Action," consisted of a …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: County has growing drug problem
ESCANABA – Though prescription drug abuse and misuse is a growing problem throughout the U.S., Delta County has also been affected, as the number of prescription drug-related cases continues to rise.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: First South Dakota methadone clinic fans treatment debate
The opening of a methadone treatment center in Sioux Falls has stirred debate among the local counseling community about the best way to approach the explosive growth in prescription drug abuse.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Feds: Florida-To-Connecticut Prescription Drug Pipeline Fueling Spike In Abuse
Prescription drug fraud and abuse – by unscrupulous pain doctors, black marketers, street-level pushers and addicts – is the fastest growing drug problem in Connecticut, federal law officers reaffirmed at a day-long summit at Norwalk Community College Thursday.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Mother of Prescription Drug Victim Shares Story
TAYLORVILLE – A Christian County mother is sharing her daughter's story, hoping it will start a discussion about prescription drug abuse.
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