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Drug Abuse Methadone: State Medical Association Recommends Ways to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse – WOWK

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State Medical Association Recommends Ways to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse WOWK Some of the recommendations include the establishment of a prescription drug monitoring program, reporting methadone use, requiring the reporting of dispensing information of controlled substances, enhancing penalties for unlawful access and/or … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: City’s Methadone Clinics Plagued With Problems, New Report Says – Village Voice (blog)

City's Methadone Clinics Plagued With Problems, New Report Says Village Voice (blog) New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services oversee a network of clinics, known formally as Opioid Treatment Programs, which are run by private non-profits under government contract. In all, about 30000 city residents use the clinics. … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: Annapolis Valley’s drug problems mirror rest of the country
As many as 14 deaths last year were related to prescription-drug abuse – five times the toll in 2009 – but the number has yet to be verified
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Drug Abuse Methadone: At Linn State Technical, a Fight Over Required Drug Tests
Linn State Technical College is the first public college in the country to institute a mandatory drug test, according to the A.C.LU., which sued and has won a temporary injunction.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Stanton Peele: There Will Never Be a (Useful) Addiction Vaccine
And here I thought all that addiction vaccine talk had been put to rest in 2009. Won’t those used to getting high on cocaine simply reject the vaccine in favor of the experience?
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Addicted babies need task force – The News-Press

Addicted babies need task force The News-Press Andrew West/news-press.com Good for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for calling for a statewide task force to investigate how prescription drug abuse is causing a soaring number of babies to be born addicted to painkillers. … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: Are we ready to subsidize heroin? – Macleans.ca

Are we ready to subsidize heroin? Macleans.ca Studies giving pharmaceutical grade heroin to addicts in Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands proved it was more effective than the traditional heroin replacement drug methadone in stabilizing addicts, keeping them in treatment and away from … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: Authorities looking for 70 people in prescription drug abuse round-up
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, September 26, 2011 NEW PORT RICHEY — Authorities launched a round-up of 70 people Monday morning in the area’s latest assault on prescription drug abuse. Authorities in Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties launched “Operation No Appointment Necessary, Phase 2” early Monday, and are searching for about 70 suspects, most of whom are wanted for …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: A Vaccine Against Smoking or Cocaine? It’s in the Works.
Scientists are at work on shots that could one day release people from the grip of substance abuse.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Parties come together on Rx drug abuse – Citizen
In Laconia in 2007, eight people died when they abused methadone, a powerful heroin substitute and prescription pain-relief drug. In 2011, there is a new killer in the city, fentanyl, which is believed to be responsible for three recent overdose deaths.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Database eyed to curb drug abuse – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Prescription drug abuse has soared in the past five years … Only 13 were tied to heroin or methadone, the top killers in the early 2000s. � In the last three years, more than 560 people were treated in Westmoreland hospitals for drug overdoses …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Salvation or a slippery slope? – Calgary Herald
They gave him methadone. Methadone is a synthetic opioid … risk of addiction in patients with no history of substance abuse. Then came slow-release versions of oxycodone and similar drugs. Drug companies that glossed over the potential risks while …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Feds Send Drug Czar to New Hampshire to Sell Drug Monitoring Program – StateImpact New Hampshire

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Feds Send Drug Czar to New Hampshire to Sell Drug Monitoring Program StateImpact New Hampshire But New Hampshire has another distinction– the second highest rate of prescription drug abuse among young people in the nation. The increase in abuse of prescription medications such as Oxycontin, Percocet and methadone has led to an increase in … and more »

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Drug Abuse Methadone: Why Ottawa needs some Insite – Ottawa Citizen

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Read more... Why Ottawa needs some Insite Ottawa Citizen Last week's unanimous Supreme Court decision that allows Vancouver to operate Insite, North America's first supervised injection site, was a victory for harm reduction and a ringing endorsement for a more sensible approach to illicit drug use in Canada … Strang: No plans for safe-injection sites in NSTheChronicleHerald.ca Vancouver's injection clinic gets Supreme Court reprieveToronto Star Addicts, advocates cheer as Insite survives SCOC rulingCTV.ca National Post (blog) –The Province all 652 news articles »