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Drug Abuse Methadone: Kentucky Fights Back on Pills, Gaining Ground in Prescription-Drug Abuse War – Louisville Courier-Journal
Drug Abuse Methadone: Kentucky fights back on pills, gaining ground in prescription-drug abuse war – Louisville Courier-Journal
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Kentucky fights back on pills, gaining ground in prescription-drug abuse war
Louisville Courier-Journal Law enforcement says new drug becoming popular wit… Recovering addict Brittany Medley shares her story. (By Michael Clevenger, The Courier-Journal) June 8, 2011 / cj Kentucky is slowly gaining ground in its war on prescription-drug abuse, … Doctors drug-testing patients to weed out abuse |
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Addiction to Prescribed Drugs Increasing – Herald and News
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Addiction to prescribed drugs increasing
Herald and News According to a state report, more than half of the roughly 400 drug-related deaths statewide in 2010 were caused by prescription drug abuse, most notably painkillers such as methadone, oxycodone and hydrocodone. Oxycodone-related deaths alone increased … |
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Methadone Clinics: Rome Treatment Center Tries to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse – Rome News Tribune
Methadone Clinics: Rome treatment center tries to curb prescription drug abuse – Rome News Tribune
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Rome treatment center tries to curb prescription drug abuse
Rome News Tribune CEO Kim Coley, a registered pharmacist, took over the clinic in 2004 and changed the name to New Horizons. It is the only accredited opioid treatment center in Floyd County. New Horizons is what is known as a methadone clinic, but Sharon Baker, … |
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Drug Methadone: Israeli Scientists Find Way to Erase Memories of Drug Addiction – Ha’aretz
Drug Methadone: Israeli scientists find way to erase memories of drug addiction – Ha’aretz
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Israeli scientists find way to erase memories of drug addiction
Ha’aretz The research could provide a new treatment model for weaning people off drugs. Currently, the treatment of addicts relies primarily on administering alternative drugs, such as methadone, and psychological counseling. Medical research has previously … |
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Drug Methadone: Man Convicted Following Drug-Fueled Crash – North Country Gazette
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Man Convicted Following Drug-Fueled Crash
North Country Gazette Samples of marijuana, cocaine, and methadone were all tested by the Nassau County Police Crime Lab before the lab was closed. Those samples were then re-tested by NMS Laboratories, a private, civilian-run drug testing laboratory in Philadelphia. … |
Drug Methadone: Overdose may bring charges under ‘controlled substances homicide’ law
Kalama police have launched a criminal investigation into the suspected drug overdose death of a 32-year-old Longview woman, the agency said Monday.
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This Just In: War on Drugs Has Failed – the Colorado Independent
Drug Abuse Methadone: This just in: War on drugs has failed – The Colorado Independent
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This just in: War on drugs has failed
The Colorado Independent The Global Commission on Drug Policy released its report a few days ago, and it isn't pretty. Drug use of all kinds is up sharply over the last decade, even as governments spend billions to stop it. … |
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Doctor looks to limit abuse – Bowling Green Daily News
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Doctor looks to limit abuse
Bowling Green Daily News Prescription drug overdoses are killing 82 people a month in Kentucky. It's a trend doctors have watched grow and one that Williams doesn't want to contribute to. So Williams takes prescription drug abuse prevention at his office one step further by … |
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Changes to Pot Laws Right Around the Corner
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Is Methadone Addictive: Changes to pot laws right around the corner
As cliché as the topic may be, there are serious changes happening in this country when it comes to marijuana and the law.
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Is Methadone Addictive: Preventing prescription drug abuse
As misuse of prescription drugs continues to be a troubling trend throughout Michigan and the nation, with the support of the Michigan Department of Community Health, a northern Michigan agency is launching a public awareness campaign to help stem the problem.
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Is Methadone Addictive: Nineteen indicted in dismantling of painkiller distribution ring
The dismantling of an elaborate prescription painkiller distribution ring merely “opened the front” in the war on illegal pills in Western Pennsylvania, a crime that is growing here and nationwide, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton said on Wednesday.
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