Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Many patients take methadone, an opiate that's safer than heroin, for months or years. It doesn't cure addiction, but relieves withdrawal symptoms and allows many people to function and work without getting high. While Habit OPCO follows up with

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Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction – IU Southeast Horizon

Kentuckiana faces rising problem of drug abuse and addiction
IU Southeast Horizon
But Mullins said that access to medicines like Suboxone, methadone, and naloxone (an opiate antidote) are crucial to recovery. Currently, medicines like naloxone are only covered by Medicaid under very specific criteria, which usually results in

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Kiwis taking to ‘hillbilly heroin’ – Auckland stuff.co.nz


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Kiwis taking to 'hillbilly heroin'
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Police confirmed the black market for prescription opiates was increasing, citing oxycodone, morphine and codeine as the main substances for sale. When assessing prescription users overall, between 20 and 30 per cent exhibited two or more behavioural

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Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols – Newsworks.org

Recent jail deaths raise questions about detox protocols
Newsworks.org
About a third of that group, or upward of 700 people, have some sort of opiate dependency, according to Todd Haskins, vice president of operations for PrimeCare, the agency contracted to provide medical services inside the county prison. PrimeCare also

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