Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea – Drug War Chronicle

Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea – Drug War Chronicle

Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea
Drug War Chronicle
Russia does not support efficient programs for preventing HIV and Hepatitis C among its drug using population, and harm reduction measures like needle exchanges and opiate substitution therapy (OST), of which methadone maintenance is a subset, are …

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My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community – Rockford Register Star

My View: Fighting heroin will take the whole community
Rockford Register Star
Each year, more than 2,000 citizens in our community seek and receive treatment and support through individual counseling services, group therapy and our methadone maintenance therapy program. The goal for all individuals is to abstain from substances …

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Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears – The Globe and Mail

Dosage errors may have tilted clinical heroin trial, BC court hears
The Globe and Mail
The study, led by researchers from Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia, had concluded that participants on heroin-assisted therapy fared better overall than those on methadone maintenance therapy. Benefits included improved …

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Eric and Sonya: Crystal Meth and a New City – Scientific American (blog)

Eric and Sonya: Crystal Meth and a New City
Scientific American (blog)
Factors negatively associated with non-fatal overdose included participation in methadone maintenance therapy (OR=0.31) and injecting alone (OR=0.36). Sixty-two percent of individuals were unaware of drug potency, 64.9% of IDU were taking other drugs …

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