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Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation That Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address

Senator Casey Pushes for Legislation that Puts in Place Robust Plan to Address
A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration last year indicated that teens and adults who used prescription painkillers nonmedically were 19 times more likely to have gone on to use heroin within the last year …
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV

Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST – WWMT-TV


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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
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… 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST. I-Team Special Report: Detox Dilemma story image. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – It's a decades old method for treating drug addiction, but now more people than ever before in Michigan are using methadone therapy.

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Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger – Worcester Telegram

Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger
Worcester Telegram
Dr. DiLorenzo also called for more physicians who could administer Suboxone, a semi-synthetic opiod used to treat opiate addiction, which is considered to have lower risk for abuse than Methadone. The perverse byproduct of relatively few inpatient beds

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Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – StarNewsOnline.com

Time for a Local Drug Treatment Center or Methadone Clinic, Say Some Officials – Bennington Banner

Time for a local drug treatment center or methadone clinic, say some officials – Bennington Banner

Time for a local drug treatment center or methadone clinic, say some officials
Bennington Banner
The event was planned by Rutland Herald Reporter Patrick McArdle as a way of letting local leaders from the town, police, schools, and health care system respond to an article in the New York Times featuring heroin addiction in town. The article

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Officials: Time for a Bennington drug treatment center or methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer

Officials: Time for a Bennington drug treatment center or methadone clinic
Brattleboro Reformer
Kristyn Harrington, assistant principal and school-based clinician at Mount Anthony Union High School, speaks on the panel, during a discussion held on Friday at the Bennington Fire Facility to discuss the heroin problem in Bennington. (Holly

Addiction Experts Criticize NH Legislative Efforts to Decriminalize or Legalize Marijuana

Addiction experts criticize NH legislative efforts to decriminalize or legalize marijuana
NASHUA – New Hampshire is already facing a drug abuse epidemic and is moving steadily toward a “public health nightmare” if marijuana is legalized, according to officials from New Futures and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. New Hampshire consistently ranks among the states with the highest rate of substance abuse in the country while also having among the lowest rates of access to …
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Milton Physician Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat … – Insurance News Net (Press Release)

Milton Physician Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Milton Physician Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Drug Used to Treat
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The former head of a substance abuse clinic in Brighton pleaded guilty to charges that he illegally prescribed a drug used to treat opiate addiction and collected illegal fees from patients, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. the drug

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Questionable Spending Uncovered at Substance Abuse Services Office

Questionable spending uncovered at Substance Abuse Services office
NewsChannel 13’s Waste Watchers have uncovered questionable spending by the State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
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FOLLOWING THE MONEY
by Robert Pozarycki State auditors found suspect spending by the non- read more
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Challenging Alcoholic's Anonymous As The Leading Form Of Addiction Treatment
Challenging Alcoholic's Anonymous As The Leading Form Of Addiction Treatment Alcoholics Anonymous and its related groups for other substances are undeniably the de facto standard for addiction treatment. The AA meeting is so prevalent throughout society that it has become a cliché in cinema and television. To many, it seems like the only solution.  Pacific Standard recently ran a piece with the …
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