Posts Tagged ‘opiate addiction’

Opiate Replacement Therapy Is Bunk, Methadone Is Heroin Anyway.

Opiate replacement therapy is bunk, methadone is heroin anyway. — Methadone is a synthetic heroin and used as a maintenance drug for heroin addicts in treatment. I’m here to tell you that does not work and never will but I …


Hospital hosting free opiate addiction seminar
The seminar will cover typical issues encountered with opioid dependence with buprenorphine (suboxone) such as abuse signs, symptoms and withdrawal effects; treatment options and a question and answer segment. Attendees will gather at the Founders' …
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Leaked review blows whistle
A heavy-handed culture at the Christchurch Methadone Programme (CMP) is condemning addicts to a world of suicide, accidental overdose, crime and prostitution, according to a damning review. Methadone, or opioid substitution treatment, helps wean …
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LePage’s Drug-Battle Plan Pared Down, Gets Bipartisan Backing – Press Herald

LePage’s drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing – Press Herald


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LePage's drug-battle plan pared down, gets bipartisan backing
Press Herald
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
ITAR-TASS
Russia will ban methadone, a narcotic drug used in the treatment of drug addiction, in Crimea, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) chief Viktor Ivanov said on Wednesday, March 26. Methadone has become a criminal business in Ukraine. Ivanov …

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer

LePage’s Drug-Crackdown Bill Gets Bipartisan Backing, Money for Treatment – Press Herald

LePage’s drug-crackdown bill gets bipartisan backing, money for treatment – Press Herald

LePage's drug-crackdown bill gets bipartisan backing, money for treatment
Press Herald
In February, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the …

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Russia bans methadone in Crimea – ITAR-TASS

Russia bans methadone in Crimea
ITAR-TASS
Russia will ban methadone, a narcotic drug used in the treatment of drug addiction, in Crimea, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) chief Viktor Ivanov said on Wednesday, March 26. Methadone has become a criminal business in Ukraine. Ivanov …

and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer

Bain Capital Company Buys Brattleboro Methadone Clinic – vtdigger.org

Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – vtdigger.org


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Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic
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The Brattleboro treatment center will be obligated to fulfill any contracts or grants of Habit OPCO, said Barbara Cimaglio, deputy commissioner for alcohol and drug abuse programs at the Vermont Department of Health. “We do not expect any change in …

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Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

North Korea’s new drug addiction – GlobalPost

North Korea's new drug addiction
GlobalPost
“Amidone was the trade-name for Methadone before the German manufacturers dropped the patents after the Second World War,” said Justice Tettey, chief of the science section at the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime. “Other slang terms include …

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Bennington’s drug problem in perspective – Rutland Herald

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV
They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

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Methadone Detox – Google News

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
WWMT-TV
They are for-profit businesses, and making money because while other things are being cut in Michigan, money for methadone therapy for drug addiction keeps increasing. Every morning before dawn, they pull into the parking lot and line up outside the

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item
“After Nick's crash, he went to the methadone clinic to try to get off the pain medicine, but methadone doesn't help anyone get off drugs, it is just a substitute that is legal that people make money off of,” Rains said. “Heroin users who go there are

and more »

Methadone Detox – Google News