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Senate Passes Debt Limit Bill for Obama

Senate passes debt limit bill for Obama
UPDATE: Mother charged after daughter dies of methadone OD. A Wisconsin woman is …. "I'm pleased that Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to pay for what they've already spent, and remove the threat of default from our economy …
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Two drug busts in Stamford
Richard Conklin said Narcotics and Organized Crime officers were tipped off that Campolunghi, who was free after posting $ 45,000 court appearance bonds following her two heroin arrests over the summer, was selling prescription drugs out of her car …
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For Maine babies exposed to drugs, disadvantages mount after leaving hospital
“If you reduce the aversiveness of their child-rearing, the effects of the early drug exposure come down to nearly zero,” he said. The research has upended fears dating to the 1980s that children exposed to cocaine in the womb would … Because of …
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UPDATED: Mom Charged After Baby Dies of Methadone Overdose – Janesville Gazette

UPDATED: Mom charged after baby dies of methadone overdose – Janesville Gazette


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UPDATED: Mom charged after baby dies of methadone overdose
Janesville Gazette
Methadone has been used safely and effectively to treat drug addiction for decades,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. “It has been prescribed increasingly as a painkiller because it is a generic drug that can
Janesville mother accused of killing child gave her meth – WXOW News 19 La WXOW.com
Bail set for mom in infant's deathBeloit Daily News
Mother Arrested in Drug Overdose Death of 1-year-oldWSAW

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STATE HOUSE NEWS: Report measures Mass. youths’ views on drugs, alcohol – Stoughton Journal

STATE HOUSE NEWS: Report measures Mass. youths' views on drugs, alcohol
Stoughton Journal
Vermont's number of people enrolled in substance use treatment who received methadone has declined from 2008 to 2012, while the number in Massachusetts has increased from 9,606 in 2008 to 15,504 in 2012. Massachusetts voters decriminalized 

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Washington County DA, Coroner Create Working Group to Combat Overdoses – Washington Observer Reporter

Washington County DA, coroner create working group to combat overdoses – Washington Observer Reporter

Washington County DA, coroner create working group to combat overdoses
Washington Observer Reporter
Vittone and Warco announced Thursday that a working group will be created to develop an education action plan to combat issues associated with heroin and prescription drug abuse, including drug summits hosted by schools with programs aimed at different

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Will Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death be a wake-up call? – Los Angeles Times


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Will Philip Seymour Hoffman's death be a wake-up call?
Los Angeles Times
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman last week, apparently of a heroin overdose, says a lot about the epidemic of opiate abuse gripping the United States. That epidemic, which They give out free samples outside methadone clinics, customers tell me
Hoffman's Death Illustrates Heroin's Ability to Hijack the BrainHuffington Post (blog)
US Officials Target Escalating Drug OverdosesHealthDay
Obama Administration Cites Heroin Concerns After Hoffman DeathTIME

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Case Dismissed in Bridgewater Overdose Death

Case dismissed in Bridgewater overdose death
Josh Ballard died after over-dosing of a prescription drugs. (CONTRIBUTED) The case against a Bridgewater man charged with trafficking a prescription drug after a young man died in his apartment was dismissed Wednesday.
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Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse
The West Virginia Medical Journal recently published an article written by a Beckley psychiatrist who examines the challenges health care professionals face while working with prescription pill abusers.
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It's legal with a prescription, but Lawver said the drug is often abused on the streets. (WKOW) — A 13-month old baby in Janesville dies after a drug overdose after police say the baby's mother gave the child a methadone pill. According to the
UPDATED: Mom charged after baby dies of methadone overdoseGazettextra
Mother Arrested in Drug Overdose Death of 1-year-oldWSAW

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Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin – Toledo Blade


Toledo Blade

Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin
Toledo Blade
The steady increase in heroin use and overdoses in Toledo and in Michigan's Monroe County has prompted officials on both sides of the border to call for better addiction treatment, tougher enforcement, and increased public awareness to the burgeoning

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Beckley Psychiatrist Pens Article on Opiate Drug Abuse – Beckley Register-Herald

Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse – Beckley Register-Herald

Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse
Beckley Register-Herald
Methadone has been proven to decrease opiate abuse and crime through decreasing the craving for the drug, but Hasan said for-profit clinics are hesitant to eventually taper patients off the methadone treatment. “Some pain experts feel that this

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

Case dismissed in Bridgewater overdose death – TheChronicleHerald.ca


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Case dismissed in Bridgewater overdose death
TheChronicleHerald.ca
“It doesn't surprise me at all,” said Tamara Ballard, whose son, Joshua, died of a methadone overdose in Kevin Leroy Wheaton's King Street apartment on Oct. 29, 2011. Ballard's Tamara Ballard said prescription drug abuse is “an epidemic.” She cited

Drug Abuse Methadone – Google News

DeWine Conducts Springfield Town Hall On Drug Abuse – WYSO