Opiates, a Love Story

Opiates, a love story
“I broke down my grandmother’s back door to get her painkillers,” said John B., on a recent frigid morning in an Oak Bluffs coffee shop. Between heroin and pills, John said he worked up to a $ 300 a day habit. “I was going to the pawn shop every day,” he said.
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Stony Plain Foster Boy Died From Methadone Overdose – Edmonton Journal

Stony Plain foster boy died from methadone overdose – Edmonton Journal

Stony Plain foster boy died from methadone overdose
Edmonton Journal
Alberta's Chief Toxicologist, Dr. Graham Jones, said K.W.'s blood contained .38 milligrams of methadone per litre of blood, a dose that would be fatal to anyone not accustomed to such drugs. He also had non-toxic levels of anti-depressant amitriptyline
How foster child got methadone that killed him stays a mysteryCBC.ca

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Pair Admit to Melee at Birthday That Cost Innocent Dad His Eye – Irish Independent

Pair admit to melee at birthday that cost innocent dad his eye – Irish Independent


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Pair admit to melee at birthday that cost innocent dad his eye
Irish Independent
Burke had a history of drug addiction and was on a methadone maintenance programme, his barrister said. The court heard there were other people involved in the incident who had gone to trial, but the proceedings were aborted and the prosecutions

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Officials Call for War on Heroin

Officials call for war on heroin
The steady increase in heroin use and overdoses in Toledo and in Michigan’s Monroe County has prompted officials on both sides of the border to call for better addiction treatment, tougher enforcement, and increased public awareness to the burgeoning problem.
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Beckley Psychiatrist Pens Article on Opiate Drug Abuse – Beckley Register-Herald

Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse – Beckley Register-Herald

Beckley psychiatrist pens article on opiate drug abuse
Beckley Register-Herald
As for methadone treatment for opiate-addicts, which has been recommended as standard care for addiction by the National Institute of Health, Hasan said this form of treatment is viewed negatively by patients, physicians and society in general

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Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin – Toledo Blade


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Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin
Toledo Blade
“We have been hearing and reading a lot about heroin upsurge and Oxycontin and other synthetic opiates and how that's impacting deaths statewide and even here in Toledo,” Mr. Ford said at a news conference on Wednesday. …. efforts to police “pill

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UPDATE: Janesville Mother Accused of Killing Child Gave Her Methadone to Help Sleep

UPDATE: Janesville mother accused of killing child gave her methadone to help sleep
Janesville police say a mother is in custody for the death of her 1-year-old child who died from a drug overdose.
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Case dismissed in Bridgewater overdose death
Josh Ballard died after over-dosing of a prescription drugs. (CONTRIBUTED) The case against a Bridgewater man charged with trafficking a prescription drug after a young man died in his apartment was dismissed Wednesday.
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Mother charged after daughter dies of methadone OD
JANESVILLE, Wis.—A Wisconsin woman is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly giving her 1-year-old daughter a fatal dose of
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