Posts Tagged ‘heroin epidemic’

Top Federal Drug Policy Official to Visit Vt. – Albany Times Union

Top federal drug policy official to visit Vt. – Albany Times Union


Mountaintimes

Top federal drug policy official to visit Vt.
Albany Times Union
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A top White House drug policy official will visit Vermont next week to talk about innovative ways to beat opiate addiction as the state's fight against heroin continues to draw national attention. The director of the Office of
A call to arms on Vermont's heroin epidemicWorcester Telegram

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Mother Drops Gregg County Jail Death Lawsuit – Longview News-Journal

Mother drops Gregg County Jail death lawsuit – Longview News-Journal

Mother drops Gregg County Jail death lawsuit
Longview News-Journal
While in jail, Garner had filed a medical grievance complaining of headaches, muscle cramps and other symptoms he credited to withdrawal from methadone. That drug typically is given people to ease withdrawal from heroin or other strong narcotics.

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Warning over drugs left on bus in Bristol – Bristol Post


Bristol Post

Warning over drugs left on bus in Bristol
Bristol Post
POLICE have appealed for the safe return of a bottle of the heroin substitute methadone, which was left on a bus in Bristol this morning. A quantity of the sedative diazepam was also left on the number 70 First bus between Chesterfield Road in St

Methadone Heroin – Google News

Sen. Bob Casey supports bill to combat prescription drug abuse in Pa. – York Dispatch

MaineCare Sees 30 Percent Drop in Patients on Prescription Opiates With New … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new … – Lewiston Sun Journal

MaineCare sees 30 percent drop in patients on prescription opiates with new
Lewiston Sun Journal
While the state's physicians organization has pushed back against other new MaineCare rules — particularly those restricting methadone treatment for substance abuse — the group supports the changes to opiate prescription practices. “I think it's gone 

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A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic – New York Times

A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic
New York Times
Long visible at the street level in towns and cities across the country, the extent of the opiate scourge in rural Vermont burst into the national consciousness last month, when Gov. Peter Shumlin And the city has opened its first methadone clinic

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Pregnant and Addicted Pt. 2: Inside the LES Center Giving Struggling Moms New … – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV

Pregnant and addicted Pt. 2: Inside the LES center giving struggling moms new … – New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV

Pregnant and addicted Pt. 2: Inside the LES center giving struggling moms new
New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Where life had once hit rock bottom, today Swanburg spends her days clean and off heroin and methadone for about 6 years. She lives on her own and takes care of her most treasured possession, her daughter Sophia. And if there's any question as to 

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Heroin-addicted asylum seeker avoids transfer – Irish Examiner


Irish Examiner

Heroin-addicted asylum seeker avoids transfer
Irish Examiner
Mr Lenihan said once RIA was made aware of the man's methadone dependency they agreed to place a stay on his transfer until suitable medical treatment can be organised and his medical files transferred, and that when he is eventually transferred it

Heroin Use in NH at ‘epidemic’ Levels, Study Says – Nashua Telegraph

Heroin use in NH at ‘epidemic’ levels, study says – Nashua Telegraph


WMUR Manchester

Heroin use in NH at 'epidemic' levels, study says
Nashua Telegraph
CONCORD – State substance abuse and law enforcement officials sounded the alarm Wednesday about heroin use that has reached “epidemic” levels, as many users hooked on prescription pain opiates switch to the dangerous street drug. Hospital admissions
The Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-edSocial Justice Solutions

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“Heroin consumed my life; it was the only thing I did” – Swnews4u

“Heroin consumed my life; it was the only thing I did”
Swnews4u
There are not many degrees of separation where you don't know somebody who hasn't been affected by heroin or opiate usage.” The presentation by the …. Fernette said neither Grant County nor Iowa County have a methadone program. This area has “only 

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The Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-Ed – Social Justice Solutions

The Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-ed – Social Justice Solutions


Social Justice Solutions

The Heroin Epidemic & Nimby – Boston Globe Op-ed
Social Justice Solutions
And even if one wants to ignore the scientific evidence that treating a heroin or “Oxy” opiate addict with a replacement medication such as methadone or buprenorphine is not simply trading one addiction for another, one cannot deny the documented fact

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