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AIDS: Crimean Drug Users at Risk, Says NGO

AIDS: Crimean drug users at risk, says NGO
The UN's AIDS envoy for eastern Europe voiced fears Thursday for injecting drug users in Crimea who risk being cut off from a lifeline treatment prohibited in Russia.
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Risk Mgmt Strategies in Outpatient Methadone Treatment: Clinical Guidelines, Liability Preveniton

Risk Mgmt Strategies in Outpatient Methadone Treatment: Clinical Guidelines, Liability Preveniton — Presented by Dr. Tony Stile and Lisa Torres, JD.


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Wounded Vets at Rx Risk: VA Hospitals Overprescribe Addictive Pain-Killers … – SILive.com

Wounded vets at Rx risk: VA hospitals overprescribe addictive pain-killers … – SILive.com

Wounded vets at Rx risk: VA hospitals overprescribe addictive pain-killers
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Prescriptions by the VA of four highly addictive narcotics — oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone and morphine — jumped by 270 percent from 2001 to 2012. It far exceeded the The CIR has found that the reliance on opiates varied widely. VA hospitals

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Top federal drug policy official to visit Vermont – Brattleboro Reformer


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Top federal drug policy official to visit Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer
MONTPELIER — 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 National
A Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin EpidemicNew York Times

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Addiction Medicine a Big Risk for Kids – Press Herald

Addiction medicine a big risk for kids – Press Herald


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Addiction medicine a big risk for kids
Press Herald
Hers and another Westbrook case highlight what pediatricians and toxicologists say is a significant public health problem in Maine and elsewhere in the country: children's accidental exposure to opiate addiction medications, such as methadone and 

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When heroin and painkillers come together – The News Journal


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When heroin and painkillers come together
The News Journal
I've seen a number of patients in my methadone clinic who have turned to heroin from prescription pills to maintain a habit more cheaply. When the police and the Drug Enforcement Administration crack down on pill mills and the diversion of prescription 
Sally Satel: Heroin and painkillers come togetherPolitics in Minnesota

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What Drug Relapse Has to Do With Accidental Overdose Risk

What Drug Relapse Has To Do With Accidental Overdose Risk
By Kristen McGuiness It came as a shock to all of Jennifer’s friends and family when she was found dead last February. She had just been released from rehab only two weeks before, and had celebrated two months of sobriety after being in and out of twelve-step programs for years. “She was such an awesome girl,” says John, a 30-year old recovering alcoholic who remembers Jennifer for her big …
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Toddler Dies after Methadone Overdose, Mother Arrested
(KUTV) Jill Goff, 33, a mother from Tooele, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and homicide, after allegedly feeding her two year-old son a sippy cup full of methadone mixed with Gatorade.  In an arrest document, Tooele police said they arrived at the Goff's home after a 911 call of a child not breathing. …
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Our View: Addiction Puts Infants at Risk – Monroe News Star

Our view: Addiction puts infants at risk – Monroe News Star

Our view: Addiction puts infants at risk
Monroe News Star
St. Francis Medical Center neonatologist Dr. Carmen Payne sees the problem as well, saying the majority of drug-addicted babies delivered at St. Francis are born addicted to marijuana, methadone or prescription drugs. “This is a growing issue in our

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