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Law Enforcement Struggles to Control Rising Prescription Drug Abuse
Drug Abuse Methadone: Law enforcement struggles to control rising prescription drug abuse
North Carolinians searching for answers to the state’s growing drug abuse problem won’t find what they’re looking for in the colloquial meth lab or opium den. According to the most recent research published by the governor’s crime commission in Raleigh, the answer to the state’s drug problem lies in the medicine cabinet.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: NHS methadone sends Scottish drug deaths soaring
DEATHS among drug users have hit a record high in Scotland, increasing by a fifth in 2011, the latest government figures reveal.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Texas fights prescription drug abuse with e-data
Amid a rising prescription drug problem, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an online program designed to spot drug dealers and abusers by tracking prescribed painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: E-data helps TX fight prescription drug abuse
DALLAS Amid a rising prescription drug problem, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an online program designed to spot drug dealers and abusers by tracking prescribed painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Methadone Clinic Opens Along Susquehanna Trail Near Watsontown
Drug Abuse Methadone: Methadone clinic opens along Susquehanna Trail near Watsontown
WATSONTOWN — An outpatient methadone treatment center with a license to treat 105 opiate addicts has quietly opened in Northumberland County, two years after protests derailed plans for a similar facility in a Union County industrial park seven miles away.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Understanding painkiller and heroin abuse
Do you have a friend, child or loved one who has turned to heroin after an addiction to prescription painkillers? You’re not alone. Reporters from California Watch and KQED Public Radio took a look into drug abuse among California’s youth, detailing how many young pill addicts in the state and across the U.S. are increasingly using heroin, sometimes with fatal results. To give readers more …
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Texas fights prescription drug abuse with e-data
Amid a rising prescription drug problem, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an online program designed to spot drug dealers and abusers by tracking prescribed painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone Risks
While the drug Methadone only makes up two percent of painkiller prescriptions, it is responsible for a third of painkiller overdose deaths.
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Drug Methadone: Methadone linked to 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths
The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Drug Methadone: IRIN examines administration of methadone as treatment for people who inject drugs in Bangladesh
"Methadone treatment is proving to be the most efficient way to wean people in Bangladesh from addiction to buprenorphine, a pharmaceutical drug, and health experts say it should be expanded to reach thousands more drug users to prevent the spread of HIV," IRIN reports.
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A study published on July 31, 2012 in the Canadian Medical Journal has noted a "staggering level of prescription drug abuse" amongst Aboriginal teens. Levels as high as five times the Canadian average were found in Inuit teens and numbers twice as high in First Nations and Metis youth.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Electronic data helps Texas fight prescription drug abuse
DALLAS 8212 Amid a rising prescription drug problem, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an online program designed to spot drug dealers and abusers by tracking prescribed painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Texas fights prescription drug abuse with e-data
DALLAS (AP) — Amid a rising prescription drug problem, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an online program designed to spot drug dealers and abusers by tracking prescribed painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Drug Methadone: Grieving Ireleth Mother’s Call for Stricter Controls on Drugs – NW Evening Mail
Drug Methadone: Grieving Ireleth mother’s call for stricter controls on drugs – NW Evening Mail
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Grieving Ireleth mother's call for stricter controls on drugs
NW Evening Mail Mrs Alderton contacted the Evening Mail after a large quantity of medication, including methadone, was lost in Lesh Lane last week. She said she was “horrified” when she heard that such dangerous drugs could be misplaced. “It shouldn't be out there for … |
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Drug Methadone: Methadone program workers overwhelmed – CBC.ca
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Methadone program workers overwhelmed
CBC.ca A drug recovery program in Cape Breton is facing some major challenges. With the exception of emergency cases, no new clients have been accepted into the methadone program since last fall, despite a long list of people waiting for treatment. In a memo … |
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Drug Methadone: State fights prescription drug abuse with DPS database – LubbockOnline.com
Methadone Painkiller Overdoses Kill About 5000 Patients a Year, CDC Warns – Boston.com
Alcoholism Methadone: Methadone painkiller overdoses kill about 5000 patients a year, CDC warns – Boston.com
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Methadone painkiller overdoses kill about 5000 patients a year, CDC warns
Boston.com Patients shouldn't mix methadone with other prescription painkillers or with alcohol, the CDC recommended in the report, and physicians should use state prescription drug monitoring programs to identify patients who are abusing the drug or mixing it … |
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Alcoholism Methadone: Focus On The Addiction Recovery Path With Muskoka Recovery Center – Virtual-Strategy Magazine
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Focus On The Addiction Recovery Path With Muskoka Recovery Center
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