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Drug Abuse Methadone: Special Report, Day Six: Abuse-fight tool gets limited use – Press Herald

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Special Report, Day Six: Abuse-fight tool gets limited use Press Herald "They are going to be an essential tool as we go down the road," said Dr. Leonard Paulozzi, a prescription drug abuse expert with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. But, he said, "They have to be made full use of. … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: Helpful drug falls prey to abuse – Press Herald

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Read more... Helpful drug falls prey to abuse Press Herald The state's shortage of treatment programs may be contributing to the abuse, they say. Diversion and abuse of Suboxone is a special concern because the drug is intended to help treat addiction, not contribute to it. Methadone, another opiate … and more »

Drug Abuse Methadone: Helpful drug falls prey to abuse
Suboxone is a new opiate treatment, but it’s turning up on Maine’s streets for illegal sale by dealers.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Jails learning how to deal with prescription drug abuse
BANGOR — Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross remembers when running a jail was almost as simple as locking people up.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Addicts seeking helpfor drug abuse on rise
PORTLAND — It takes Blake Carver just a few minutes to walk down the front steps of Serenity House, shaking hands with the men gathered to congratulate the house’s newest “graduate.”
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Jailed addicts put wrench in the works
Providing treatment, monitoring withdrawal and stopping smuggling complicate the system.
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Methadone Detox: Jails learning how to deal with prescription drug abuse – Kennebec Journal

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Jails learning how to deal with prescription drug abuse Kennebec Journal The jail gives methadone or suboxone only to short-term prisoners who were already in a treatment program before they were incarcerated. Maine's prescription drug abuse epidemic has helped to change that. "We are the state's largest detox center," Ross … and more »

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Methadone Detox: Maine corrections staff struggle with painkiller addicts – CorrectionsOne

Maine corrections staff struggle with painkiller addicts CorrectionsOne ''We are the state's largest detox center,'' Ross said. ''It's just an escalating problem for us.'' Most of the 6000 or so inmates who come through the Penobscot County Jail in a year are taking some sort of medication, often for mental illness or …

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Methadone Detox: Coming off methadone – Zimbio
With methadone, there’s a feeling that you know what you’re gunna get, and you know what’s in store. Methadone detox was for me hard, but at least I knew what was in store. Suboxone is more unpredictable. When you think the detox is going to be really hard …
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Methadone Detox: Maine corrections staff struggle with painkiller addicts – CorrectionsOne
We are the state’s largest detox center,” Ross said … The Penobscot County Jail is one of the Maine jails that provide methadone to inmates as a way to wean them off their pain-pill addictions in the first two weeks of incarceration.
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Methadone Detox: Jailed addicts put wrench in the works – Morning Sentinel
“We are the state’s largest detox center,” Ross said … The Penobscot County Jail is one of the Maine jails that provide methadone to inmates as a way to wean them off their pain-pill addictions in the first two weeks of incarceration.
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Methadone Detox: Jails learning how to deal with prescription drug abuse – Kennebec Journal
The jail gives methadone or suboxone only to short-term prisoners who were already in a treatment program before they were incarcerated. Maine’s prescription drug abuse epidemic has helped to change that. “We are the state’s largest detox center …
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Drug Methadone: Death by drugs on the rise – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Death by drugs on the rise Fort Wayne Journal Gazette And the drugs people are dying from aren't narcotics such as cocaine and heroine, but pharmaceuticals such as methadone and fentanyl. “Prescription drug abuse is a huge problem,” said Dr. Deborah McMahan, commissioner of the Fort Wayne-Allen County … and more »

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Drug Methadone: Same war, new battle – Port Huron Times Herald

Same war, new battle Port Huron Times Herald Wilkinson said getting clean can be very difficult, and some people end up taking drugs like methadone for extended periods of time. "The withdrawal is very physiologically taxing," he said. "Some people just can't do it. Methadone allows them to … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: State Medical Association Recommends Ways to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse
A new report highlights 24 steps the state can take.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: N.S. funds methadone treatment program for Annapolis Valley addicts
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia will spend $ 370,000 a year to widen a methadone treatment program for drug addicts in the Annapolis Valley.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Hub residents not high on drug clinics
Recovering drug addicts taking their daily doses at South Boston methadone clinics are spiking crime, hurting business…
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