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As Heroin Use Increases, Treatment Funds Go Down – Bellingham Herald

As heroin use increases, treatment funds go down – Bellingham Herald


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As heroin use increases, treatment funds go down
Bellingham Herald
Methadone works by binding to the same “opioid receptors” in the brain as heroin. It binds so fully that it can't be displaced by other opiates such as heroin — so taking heroin while using methadone renders heroin ineffective. People who take

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Take-Home Naloxone Kits Preventing Overdose Deaths – CMAJ

Take-home naloxone kits preventing overdose deaths – CMAJ


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Take-home naloxone kits preventing overdose deaths
CMAJ
It was 2 a.m. Shaver, a resident of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, was sleeping at her campsite when friends in a nearby tent woke her to tell her that one of their companions in the group of drug users had overdosed on methadone. Grabbing her

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Maine’s High Opiate Addiction Rate Endangers Newborns – Press Herald

Maine’s high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns – Press Herald

Maine's high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns
Press Herald
Maine's high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns. Some in the state's medical community worry about the impact of the state's recent two-year cap on methadone and buprenorphine for Medicaid patients. By Alanna Durkin The Associated Press.
Number of drug-affected babies in Maine skyrocketsSeacoastonline.com

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Tiny Addicts Reach Alarming Numbers in Indiana – Salem Leader

Tiny addicts reach alarming numbers in Indiana – Salem Leader

Tiny addicts reach alarming numbers in Indiana
Salem Leader
Both legal and illegal narcotics have been linked to the withdrawals in newborns including cocaine, marijuana, heroin, methadone, codeine, oxycodone, OxyContin, Vicodin, Ritalin, Adderall, Paxil, Zoloft, Seroquel, Zyprexa, Xanax, Valium, Ativan

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Rutland Methadone Clinic Opens – Vermont Public Radio


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Rutland Methadone Clinic Opens
Vermont Public Radio
Those who use Suboxone, which like methadone is also used to help people withdraw from opiates, have complained for years that the few Rutland physicians who prescribe it have long waiting lists or are not accepting new patients. Now, with the opening
Drug treatment center to open in RutlandRutland Herald
Methadone clinic opening in RutlandNECN

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Addiction Doctor Leaves Gosnold – Capecodonline

Addiction doctor leaves Gosnold – Capecodonline

Addiction doctor leaves Gosnold
Capecodonline
Unlike methadone and Suboxone, it has no street value. An injection, which can last up to one month, blocks cravings for opiates and alcohol. It also will block any effects if patients try to get high. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved

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Medical detox available for addicts – The Independent

Medical detox available for addicts
The Independent
They're not going to sleep through it,” she said, noting OLBH does not use replacement drug therapies, specifically the use of Suboxone or Methadone, as part of any detox program they offer. “You can't just come in and say 'I have opiate addiction.

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Penn United Technologies employees carry on late co-worker’s good deeds – Tribune-Review

Marijuana: Excellent, Effective Replacement for Lethal Opiates and Opioids – Salem-News.Com

Marijuana: Excellent, Effective Replacement for Lethal Opiates and Opioids – Salem-News.Com


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Marijuana: Excellent, Effective Replacement for Lethal Opiates and Opioids
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The opiates, Morphine Oxycontin and Hydrocodone (Vicodin) are more potent than marijuana as a pain killer but they are dangerously lethal and kill thousands of patients each year. The opioids, Methadone, Fentanyl, and Demerol in general are about as 

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A Lost Soldier’s Mother Seeks to Understand His Death – WPMI Local 15 News


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A Lost Soldier's Mother Seeks to Understand His Death
WPMI Local 15 News
A recent study of V.A. records by the Center for Investigative Reporting reveals V.A. physicians are prescribing strong medications, especially narcotics like hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine in record amounts… up by 270 percent since

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