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Christie: Give Nonviolent Criminal Addicts Treatment

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Methadone Addiction Statistics: Christie: Give nonviolent criminal addicts treatment
By Joelle Farrell Calling addiction a treatable disease, Gov. Christie said Thursday that he would mandate treatment for nonviolent criminals with drug dependence, a program that would take at least a year to start. In the meantime, Christie would …
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Methadone Addiction Statistics: Feeling the pain
Ron Shore is the clinical director of Kingston Community Health Centres, which has been offering methadone clinics for the past 15 years to OxyContin addicts and others. It offers one of three methadone clinics — the other two are privately run — in …
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Methadone Addiction Statistics: An opiate emergency
by AMANDA WINTERS In Clallam County, what started as a surge in prescription drug abuse in the early 2000s is turning to heroin addiction and death. Statistics released by the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute indicate Clallam …
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Pill-Pipeline Trial Opens Against Owner, 2 Clinics – Lexington Herald-Leader

Methadone Clinics: Pill-pipeline trial opens against owner, 2 clinics – Lexington Herald-Leader
People from Eastern Kentucky came in droves to Michael Leman’s pain clinics in Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and afterward, pills, including 40 milligram methadone tablets, started showing up in large quantities in Eastern Kentucky, Assistant U.S …
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Methadone Clinics: Patients, pharmacists call for Yukon methadone clinic – CBC
Some methadone patients and pharmacists in Whitehorse say they need a proper methadone clinic in the territory. Between 30 and 50 people in the city get the medication to help them withdraw from other drugs. ‘Fred’, who did not want to disclose his real …
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Methadone Clinics: Council lifts barrier on methadone clinics – Fosters Daily Democrat
SANFORD — The town council took action Tuesday night that allows a proposal for a methadone treatment clinic to proceed through the town’s approval process. Councilors voted unanimously to repeal a temporary moratorium that was enacted in …
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Methadone Clinics: Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner – Dayton Daily News
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Louisiana businessman used a web of pain clinics, troubled doctors and runners to funnel methadone and oxycodone into eastern Kentucky — an area where prescription drug abuse is rampant, a federal prosecutor said Monday in …
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone Requests Spike After OxyContin Delisting

Methadone Clinics: Methadone requests spike after OxyContin delisting
Toronto Public Health says demand for referrals to methadone clinics in the city has tripled in the last week, after the prescription painkiller OxyContin was discontinued.
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Methadone Clinics: Doctor who runs methadone clinics across Ontario accused of unprofessional conduct
Jerome Lessard QMI Agency A doctor who runs a network of methadone clinics across Ontario has been accused of disgraceful and unprofessional conduct. Concerns have been mounting since the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario issued a notice of hearing against Dr.[…]
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Methadone Clinics: Methadone Clinic Law Stalls – London Free Press

Methadone Clinics: Methadone clinic law stalls – London Free Press


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Methadone clinic law stalls
London Free Press
By PATRICK MALONEY, The London Free Press London politicians pressed pause Tuesday on a bylaw to licence methadone pharmacies and clinics, sending the proposal back to staff for further study. After warnings from lawyers representing local Shoppers
Committee worried proposed methadone bylaw could land them in courtLondon Community News
Methadone licensing rules spark debateMetroNews Canada

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Methadone Clinics: Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner – kypost.com

Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner
kypost.com
(AP) – A Louisiana businessman used a web of pain clinics, troubled doctors and runners to funnel methadone and oxycodone into eastern Kentucky — an area where prescription drug abuse is rampant, a federal prosecutor said Monday in opening statements
Openings Held in Trial for Pain Clinics OwnerWSAZ-TV
Pill-pipeline trial opens against owner, 2 clinicsLexington Herald Leader
Clinics, owner facing trial on drug chargesNECN

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Methadone Clinics: Openings Held in Trial for Pain Clinics, La. Owner – Beaver County Times

Methadone Clinics: Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner – Beaver County Times

Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner
Beaver County Times
A Louisiana businessman used a web of pain clinics, troubled doctors and runners to funnel methadone and oxycodone into eastern Kentucky _ an area where prescription drug abuse is rampant, a federal prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at the
Opening arguments held in Lexington in alleged pill-pipeline caseLexington Herald Leader
Clinics, owner facing trial on drug chargesWTVQ

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Methadone Clinics: City staff changes course on methadone clinic security – London Free Press

City staff changes course on methadone clinic security
London Free Press
By Jonathan Sher, The London Free Press London city staff have backed off plans to require new methadone clinics to have security cameras and guards. “The requirements for security cameras and security guards were deleted for purposes of privacy and

Openings Held in Trial for Pain Clinics, La. Owner – Wausau Daily Herald

Methadone Clinics: Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner – Wausau Daily Herald

Openings held in trial for pain clinics, La. owner
Wausau Daily Herald
(WTW) — A Louisiana businessman used a web of pain clinics, troubled doctors and runners to funnel methadone and oxycodone into eastern Kentucky — an area where prescription drug abuse is rampant, a federal prosecutor said Monday in opening
Openings held in trial for pain clinics, ownerBeaver County Times
Opening arguments held in Lexington in alleged pill-pipeline caseLexington Herald Leader
Clinics, owner facing trial on drug chargesWTVQ

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Methadone Clinics: City staff changes course on methadone clinic security – London Free Press

City staff changes course on methadone clinic security
London Free Press
By Jonathan Sher, The London Free Press London city staff have backed off plans to require new methadone clinics to have security cameras and guards. “The requirements for security cameras and security guards were deleted for purposes of privacy and