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With Drug Crackdown, LePage Favoring Enforcement Over Treatment – Kennebec Journal

With drug crackdown, LePage favoring enforcement over treatment – Kennebec Journal

With drug crackdown, LePage favoring enforcement over treatment
Kennebec Journal
Last month, the state imposed a two-year limit on MaineCare payments to people who are being treated for opiate addiction with suboxone and methadone, with certain exceptions. About 12,000 Mainers had suboxone prescriptions in 2010, according to the 

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Heroin and Pill Abuse Stir a Battle Cry in Vermont – Kennebec Journal

Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont – Kennebec Journal

Heroin and pill abuse stir a battle cry in Vermont
Kennebec Journal
Many prescription painkillers belong to a class of drugs known as opioids, which also includes heroin, codeine and methadone. Many states are reporting increasing heroin problems as an unintended byproduct of efforts to crack down on painkiller abuse

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Simi Valley Psychiatrist Fights License Revocation – Ventura County Star

Simi Valley psychiatrist fights license revocation – Ventura County Star

Simi Valley psychiatrist fights license revocation
Ventura County Star
An administrative law judge ruled in October in a case brought by the Medical Board of California that Dr. David M. Gudeman wrongly prescribed opiates and other powerful medications. Two patients Another patient died of methadone intoxication on Aug.

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our OPINION: State drug policy puts two generations at risk – Kennebec Journal

our OPINION: State drug policy puts two generations at risk
Kennebec Journal
The face of opiate addiction in Maine has long been an adult one — a woman who rifles through her grandmother's medicine cabinet, or a man who holds up a pharmacy. This is changing, though, and not for the better. More Maine babies than ever are being

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Police Bust Drug Ring They Say Brought More Than 50000 Pills Into Pike County … – Lexington Herald Leader

Methadone Drug: Police bust drug ring they say brought more than 50000 pills into Pike County … – Lexington Herald Leader

Police bust drug ring they say brought more than 50000 pills into Pike County
Lexington Herald Leader
Officers searched his house Oct. 31, seizing about 80 methadone pills and $ 19650 in cash, according to the news release. Through the investigation, police learned two Michigan women allegedly were bringing the pills to Pike County for Kinder and others
Major Interstate Pill Network Broken Up In Pike CountyLEX18 Lexington KY News

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Methadone Drug: Iowa man sentenced to 5 years in methadone case – The Republic

Expand Access to Treatment to Aid Addcits – Kennebec Journal

Methadone Opiates: Expand access to treatment to aid addcits – Kennebec Journal

Expand access to treatment to aid addcits
Kennebec Journal
Why can a doctor prescribe an opiate, but cannot prescribe a drug like Suboxone to help those who become dependent? Suboxone should be allowed to be prescribed by doctors and readily available in clinics just like Methadone is.

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Methadone Opiates: Nevada tops in the nation for prescription pain medication overdose deaths – Reno Gazette Journal

Nevada tops in the nation for prescription pain medication overdose deaths
Reno Gazette Journal
“We are seeing people abusing prescription opiates such as OxyContin or Vicodin, developing an addiction, and soon transitioning to heroin use. “This is an extremely serious problem that we cannot afford to ignore.” Dugan said police were also involved

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Methadone Opiates: Painkiller overdoses skyrocket – knox.VillageSoup.com

Methadone Drug: Praise for Clinic but Concern About Users’ Friends – Liverpool Champion

Methadone Drug: Praise for clinic but concern about users’ friends – Liverpool Champion
LIVERPOOL police commander Superintendent Ray King says drug addicts using the area’s methadone clinics are bringing antisocial groups with them to the community. He praised the treatment offered to people with a drug addiction at the clinics, but said he …
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Methadone Drug: Deputies: Drug Treatment Facility Robbed; Drugs Missing – msnbc.com
Methadone is a narcotic pain reliever similar to morphine. It reduces withdrawal symptoms without causing the “high” associated with drug addiction. The Crossroads of Asheville facility is a licensed Opiate Treatment Program.
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Methadone Drug: Province says don’t mix alcohol, drugs – CBC Olympics
Earlier this month, the province announced it will spend $ 370,000 a year to widen a methadone treatment program for drug addicts in the Annapolis Valley.
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Methadone Drug: Addicts seeking helpfor drug abuse on rise – Kennebec Journal
Methadone itself is a highly addictive synthetic opiate, and it’s commonly prescribed for pain in pill form. In controlled doses, addicts get just enough of the drug to keep from experiencing cravings and withdrawal. “I feel completely normal …
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