Drug Methadone: Call for Action After Figures Show Methadone Has Killed More Addicts Than … – Scottish Daily Record

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Call for action after figures show methadone has killed more addicts than
Scottish Daily Record
There were 581 drug deaths last year, with methadone implicated in 41 per cent of fatalities and heroin causing 38 per cent. The findings come days after a review commissioned by the Scottish Government raised serious concerns with the methadone 
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Pulse
Official figures released this week show methadone was implicated in 237 deaths in Scotland in 2012, slightly lower than the all-time high of 275 in 2011, but still making up a large proportion – 41% – of the total of 581 drug-related deaths. Heroin

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Drug Methadone: Bain-Owned Methadone Site Forced to Suspend Carryout Drug Doses – Businessweek

Bain-Owned Methadone Site Forced to Suspend Carryout Drug Doses
Businessweek
California regulators forced an addiction-treatment center owned by Bain Capital Partners LLC to stop dispensing carryout doses of methadone this month after an inspection found the clinic failed to properly control them. The state order — aimed at

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