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Baddeley Green Woman Lisa Jayne Donohoe Took Accidental Overdose Using … – Stoke Sentinel

Baddeley Green woman Lisa Jayne Donohoe took accidental overdose using … – Stoke Sentinel


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Baddeley Green woman Lisa Jayne Donohoe took accidental overdose using
Stoke Sentinel
Combined with alcohol or opiates – such as methadone – it can result in death. Following Miss Donohoe's death, police found she had ordered a total of 1,260 zopiclone tablets since April, although it is not known how many she had taken in the days

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Baddeley Green Woman Lisa Jayne Donohoe Took Accidental Overdose Using Drugs Ordered on the Internet

Baddeley Green woman Lisa Jayne Donohoe took accidental overdose using drugs ordered on the internet
A RECOVERING heroin addict died when she accidentally took an overdose using drugs she ordered over the internet, an inquest heard. Mother-of-three Lisa Jayne Donohoe was found dead at her home in Amelia Close, Baddeley Green. Coroner Ian Smith yesterday heard how 33-year-old Miss Donohoe had been prescribed methadone and diazepam to help kick her heroin habit. But after doctors stopped her …
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Kicking the Habit: Random Lake Woman Hopes to Be Clean by Christmas – the Sheboygan Press

Kicking the habit: Random Lake woman hopes to be clean by Christmas – The Sheboygan Press

Kicking the habit: Random Lake woman hopes to be clean by Christmas
The Sheboygan Press
“It turned out to be extremely successful for that. They used to use methadone and that's basically switching one drug for another because you can get addicted to methadone. Suboxone has a special ingredient that stops the addiction (to) opiates,” he said.

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Rescued addict has reason to smile this Christmas – Victoria Times Colonist

Rescued addict has reason to smile this Christmas
Victoria Times Colonist
Tufford once “hid in the pipe” when he was on the street, but now cycles to the pharmacy to receive methadone, “which keeps me off the opiates,” as part of his vow to stay clean and sober and start fresh. “You can't believe how it feels when you come

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VA Must Do More to Reduce Painkiller Prescriptions

VA must do more to reduce painkiller prescriptions
Straining under the surge of post-9/11 veterans, VA hospitals have added reinforcements and expanded access to care. But it appears that too many doctors and administrators are seeking an easy way out by overprescribing painkillers, endangering the health of people wounded in war.
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Carver credits methadone program with saving his life
M’CHIGEENG—Christopher Lee Bebonang is a Anishinabe carver of considerable talent, which is self-evident to anyone stepping into the foyer of the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation building in M’Chigeeng where his work has been on display recently. What isn’t self-evident is the role that the methadone program in M’Chigeeng has played in helping Mr. Bebonang reclaim his life from the clutches of opiate …
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School Board Takes Fight Against Drug Clinic to Supreme Court – Vermont Public Radio

School Board Takes Fight Against Drug Clinic To Supreme Court – Vermont Public Radio

School Board Takes Fight Against Drug Clinic To Supreme Court
Vermont Public Radio
The appeal comes after the clinic, operated by HowardCenter, opened in September to treat opiate addiction by providing methadone and buprenorphine to addicts. The environmental court issued its decision on the issue last month, in which Judge Thomas 

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Report: VA prescribes opiates to patients not seen – San Francisco Chronicle


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Report: VA prescribes opiates to patients not seen
San Francisco Chronicle
In September, the Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that VA prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – surged 270 percent from 2001 to 2012. That far outpaced the increase in the number of VA patients
V.A. Doctors Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never SawAllGov
Painkilling meds flowing too freely at SF VA Medical Center, VA IG saysThe News Journal (blog)

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V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw
AllGov
The news follows another disturbing report in September that VA prescriptions for four opiates (hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine) increased 270% between 2001 and 2012, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The increase 
Editorial: VA must do more to reduce painkiller prescriptionsSacramento Bee

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Times Colonist Christmas Fund: Rescued addict has reason to smile – Victoria Times Colonist

Times Colonist Christmas Fund: Rescued addict has reason to smile
Victoria Times Colonist
Tufford once “hid in the pipe” when he was on the street, but now cycles to the pharmacy to receive methadone, “which keeps me off the opiates,” as part of his vow to stay clean and sober and start fresh. “You can't believe how it feels when you come

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