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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
Heroin and prescription drug addiction is “a giant problem in Boston; it's a giant problem across the country,'' said General Barry R. McCaffrey, who served as drug czar in the Clinton administration and has been on the CRC Health board since before

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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM

Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM
Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally.

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Combat Vets Battle an Enemy Within: Addiction – Military.com

Painkillers Might Not Be Right Prescription for Veterans

Painkillers Might Not Be Right Prescription For Veterans
Above: Beverly McNeil is a former Army solider who sought treatment at the Veterans Village of San Diego for addiction to pain medication.
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Painkillers and Heroin; on the Road to Addiction

Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction
I have read with great interest, concern and self reflection recently about the alarming use of opioid pain medications leading to heroin use and consequent overdoses causing the deaths of many of the users.
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Drug Users Recruit Pensioners for Pain Medication – Wellington Times

Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication – Wellington Times

Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication
Wellington Times
Abuse had resulted in a significant jump of Hunter people entering the methadone program, traditionally used to treat heroin addiction, for prescription opioid abuse. ''Currently, about 20 per cent of people we see on the methadone program [are there

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Fight with heroin addiction leads Crystal Bonsel along a winding road – Marion Star

Fight with heroin addiction leads Crystal Bonsel along a winding road
Marion Star
Those stopped working so I got Perc 30s and methadone. Eventually, I couldn't get the Perc 30s (30-milligram Percocet pills)…,” and she turned to heroin in May 2012. Despite a stay at Talbot Hall in Columbus for addiction recovery services, which

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Heroin Homicide Charge a First in Rock Island County – Quad City Times

Heroin homicide charge a first in Rock Island County – Quad City Times

Heroin homicide charge a first in Rock Island County
Quad City Times
Steward's is the first case a defendant has been charged with drug-induced homicide in the 14th Judicial Circuit, which includes Rock Island, Henry, Mercer and Whiteside counties. "With the evidence we will be presenting, we Carrie Hoon was

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Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication – Armidale Express

Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication
Armidale Express
Abuse had resulted in a significant jump of Hunter people entering the methadone program, traditionally used to treat heroin addiction, for prescription opioid abuse. ''Currently, about 20 per cent of people we see on the methadone program [are there

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Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
Boston Globe
A surge in heroin overdoses in Massachusetts has exposed a complicated and overburdened substance abuse treatment system with demand for recovery beds chronically outpacing supply, insurance covering only a few services, and families increasingly

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Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication – Esperance Express

Drug users recruit pensioners for pain medication
Esperance Express
Abuse had resulted in a significant jump of Hunter people entering the methadone program, traditionally used to treat heroin addiction, for prescription opioid abuse. ''Currently, about 20 per cent of people we see on the methadone program [are there

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