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Bangor Adopts Contentious Moratorium on Suboxone Treatment Expansions – Bangor Daily News

Bangor adopts contentious moratorium on Suboxone treatment expansions – Bangor Daily News

Bangor adopts contentious moratorium on Suboxone treatment expansions
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Bruce Campbell, chairman of the city's Substance Abuse Task Force and a board member of the Bangor Area Recovery Network, said he was most concerned with the message this moratorium sends. “It broadcasts a message that perpetuates the Several

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Suicide at the Brattleboro Retreat Raises Questions

Suicide at the Brattleboro Retreat raises questions
On Labor Day weekend, Siano, who had a history of substance abuse, brought more than a dozen prescription drugs back to her room at the Ripley residence hall after a short stay at a local motel, according to a recently released Brattleboro Police …
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VA's opiate overload feeds addictions, overdoses
Prescriptions for four opiates — hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine — have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according to data that the Center for Investigative Reporting obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. CIR's …
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Social Highlights for November16

Social Highlights for November16
Deputy Head of the HIV-AIDS Prevention and Control Department Dr Pham Duc Manh has announced the Ministry of Health's decision authorising five local firms to produce Methadone for treating heroin addiction. Dr. Manh made the announcement at a National …
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Suicide at Brattleboro Retreat raises questions
On Labor Day weekend, Siano, who had a history of substance abuse, brought more than a dozen prescription drugs back to her room at the Ripley residence hall after a short stay at a local motel, according to a recently released Brattleboro Police …
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Eminem Struggled to Perform Sober – Albumista

Eminem Struggled to Perform Sober – Albumista


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Eminem Struggled to Perform Sober
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The 41-year-old rapper – who was hospitalized after a suspected methadone overdose in 2007 – sought the help of a rehab counselor in April 2008 and admitted his heavy drinking and substance abuse left him confused about how to "connect" with an 

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Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US – WCTV

Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US – WCTV

Flesh Eating Opiate, Krokodil, Reportedly Spreading Across US
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About 1 million users are estimated to be abusing the drug in Russia, according to the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Vice chronicled the ongoing battle against the addictive drug in their documentary "Krokodil Tears

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Preventing Death by Overdose

Preventing death by overdose
“Educating public and private partners along with members of our community is crucial to tackling this issue,” said Andrea Walker, Behavioral Health Services director. The plan hopes to uncover the combinations of drugs most frequently used in …
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Parity Laws Boost Drug Abuse Treatment
Among treatment centers accepting private insurance, enactment of a parity law for substance abuse therapies led to a 15% average increase in treatment rates (P=0.02), the researchers reported online in JAMA Psychiatry. "Our findings suggest that …
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