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Former Addict Says Methadone a ‘Bad Drug’ – CBC.ca

Drug Methadone: Former addict says methadone a ‘bad drug’ – CBC.ca


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Former addict says methadone a 'bad drug'
CBC.ca
A First Nation in Northern Ontario wants to break its methadone habit, but government policies are keeping it hooked on a harm reduction strategy that may be more curse than cure, according to the chief. Roger Wesley said 125 people in Constance Lake

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Drug Methadone: Methadone Linked to Drop in HIV Rates Among Injection Drug Users – AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News

Methadone Linked to Drop in HIV Rates Among Injection Drug Users
AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News
A major research review has found that injection drug users (IDUs) on methadone treatment are 54 percent less likely to contract HIV, according to a study published in the online edition of the British journal BMJ and reported in The New York Times.

Doctor Could Face Sanctions Over Methadone Accusations – DesMoinesRegister.com

Drug Methadone: Doctor could face sanctions over methadone accusations – DesMoinesRegister.com

Doctor could face sanctions over methadone accusations
DesMoinesRegister.com
The board said Lamp, 65, continued to prescribe methadone to three patients with known histories of drug abuse even after state regulators warned him in June 2011 that he was violating the law. Regulators had learned of the situation when a licensed

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Drug Methadone: Former addict says methadone a ‘bad drug’ – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

Former addict says methadone a 'bad drug'
CBC.ca
A First Nation in Northern Ontario wants to break its methadone habit, but government policies are keeping it hooked on a harm reduction strategy that may be more curse than cure, according to the chief. Roger Wesley said 125 people in Constance Lake

Drug Methadone – Google News

Drug Methadone: Pharmacists to press Jenny Marra for ‘methadone millionaires’ apology – The Courier

Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths – TIME

Drug Methadone: Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths – TIME


TIME

Methadone: A Major Driver of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths
TIME
Methadone accounts for nearly 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdose deaths in the U.S., even though only 2% of prescriptions for opioid painkillers are for this drug, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Methadone tied to one-third of prescription-drug deathsThe Seattle Times
Methadone cited in 30 percent of painkiller deaths: CDCReuters
Methadone deaths still high but may have peakedSan Francisco Chronicle
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Drug Methadone: Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone – New York Times (blog)

Drug Methadone: Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone – New York Times (Blog)

Drug Methadone: Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone – New York Times (blog)


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Many Fatal Overdoses Linked to Methadone
New York Times (blog)
Researchers writing in last week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report crunched data from the National Vital Statistics System and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The rate of overdose deaths involving methadone in 2009 was more than five times
Methadone blamed for 1 of 10 Ohio drug deathsNewsNet5.com
CDC: Methadone overdose kills thousands a yearBoston Globe
Methadone often deadlyDayton Daily News
American Council on Science and Health –TestCountry.com (blog) –dailyRx
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Drug Methadone: Methadone deaths still high but may have peaked – Foster’s Daily Democrat

Drug Methadone: Malaysian Mosque Is Also a Methadone Clinic – New York Times

Drug Methadone: Malaysian Mosque Is Also a Methadone Clinic – New York Times


New York Times

Malaysian Mosque Is Also a Methadone Clinic
New York Times
A pharmacist then gives him a small plastic cup containing methadone, to help wean him from his heroin addiction. The man, who did not want to be identified because of the stigma surrounding illicit drug use in the Muslim-majority country,

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Drug Methadone: Texas woman gets 30 years, drug-related teen death – Houston Chronicle


Austin American-Statesman

Texas woman gets 30 years, drug-related teen death
Houston Chronicle
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for providing methadone to a teen who later died. Prosecutors on Monday announced the sentence for 36-year-old Suzanne Allen of Round Rock.
Central Texas Woman Sentenced In Teenager's Drug-Related DeathKWTX
Woman gets 30 years in teen drug deathAustin News

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Methadone Positive Drug Test: Mindful Eating: A Teacher Responds to Readers

Methadone Positive Drug Test in the News

Methadone Positive Drug Test: Mindful Eating: A Teacher Responds to Readers
I suppose I am thinking of the way that alcoholics use antabuse or drug addicts use methadone. — LKF, New York [In reply to commenter above] One can try not so much to block it as to be fully aware of the consequences of eating it while in the midst …
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Methadone Positive Drug Test: Pregnant woman charged with dealing heroin
Police said the substance later tested positive as heroin. On Feb. 3, a source reportedly sent Alsop a text message for more heroin. She reportedly replied she would be heading to Chicago after a methadone treatment and would deliver the substance upon …
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