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The Safe Implementation of a Prison-Based Methadone Maintenance Programme … – 7thSpace Interactive (Press Release)

The safe implementation of a prison-based methadone maintenance programme … – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

The safe implementation of a prison-based methadone maintenance programme
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Results: Results show that following introduction of a GPsi in substance misuse there was a statistically significant increase in both methadone maintenance and detoxification treatments. Over time the rate of methadone maintenance prescribing

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Methadone maintenance program in Crimea to be curtailed – Kyiv Post


Kyiv Post

Methadone maintenance program in Crimea to be curtailed
Kyiv Post
The program of methadone maintenance for heroin addicts in Crimea will be phased out, Russian Federal Drug Control Service chief Viktor Ivanov said on Wednesday. Announcement To Readers. Since 1995, the Kyiv Post has been the world's window on …

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Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea – Drug War Chronicle

US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse

US Officials Call for Greater Use of Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
More than 15 million people around the world have substance abuse issues, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, health officials say the abuse of prescription drugs is worsening and that deaths from prescribed painkillers have increased to more than 16,000 a year. They are calling for greater use of inexpensive and effective medications to treat what they are calling …
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Oregon State Medical Examiner released 2013 drug-related death stats
Oregon — Oregon State Medical Examiner Dr. Karen Gunson released 2013 drug-related death statistics reflecting one fewer death from last year and a near 7 percent drop from 2012 when deaths reached their highest level since 2000. Preliminary drug-related death statistics showed the lowest number of Cocaine-related deaths and highest number of Methamphetamine-related deaths since 2000. Drug …
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11/30/2012- Methadone, MethaDON’T and the Care of the Pregnant Substance Abuser.mp4

11/30/2012- Methadone, MethaDON’T and the Care of the Pregnant Substance Abuser.mp4 — Mona R Prasad, DO, MPH.


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Bowen’s ‘Street Cat Named Bob’ a Stirring Story of Redemption – Auburn Citizen

Bowen’s ‘Street Cat Named Bob’ a stirring story of redemption – Auburn Citizen

Bowen's 'Street Cat Named Bob' a stirring story of redemption
Auburn Citizen
First enter James, who's a tad lonesome, but who feels blessed with his tiny apartment and with his methadone maintenance program that keeps the enemy heroin at bay. Add in his love for music, a good heart, perseverance and hope, with a handy street …

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Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street – Al Jazeera America

Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street
Al Jazeera America
Thompson participated in two studies that provided access to the drug, which is administered following the protocol of a traditional treatment, like methadone. There was the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) from 2005 to 2008, he says

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Second Methadone Clinic Opening in Spring for the Opiate-Addicted – Petoskey News-Review

Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted – Petoskey News-Review

Second methadone clinic opening in spring for the opiate-addicted
Petoskey News-Review
GAYLORD — A second methadone clinic, Michigan Therapeutic Consultants PC, is opening in Gaylord this spring for the treatment of opiate-dependent clients. The clinic, located at 711 S. Illinois Ave., will be the third MTC clinic in the state with the

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Manitoba methadone clinic saved my life, young mom says – CBC.ca

Manitoba methadone clinic saved my life, young mom says
CBC.ca
Today, Faith shoots up a different kind of opiate. But this one, methadone, is under doctor's orders. And this one, Faith says, is saving her life. "If you'd told me last summer I'd be clean this long, I'd have said [never]," she said. "I was so close

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Police Paid Person Y More Than $425000 for Cooperation in Surrey Six Case – Vancouver Sun (Blog)

Police paid Person Y more than 5000 for cooperation in Surrey Six case – Vancouver Sun (blog)

Police paid Person Y more than $ 425000 for cooperation in Surrey Six case
Vancouver Sun (blog)
He testified that he's on a methadone maintenance program, but hopes to go cold turkey after the trial. “Pretty much everybody who was in Jamie Bacon's crew had an oxy habit,” Y said. The trial adjourned early Monday after Y took ill. He is expected to

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Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street – Al Jazeera America

Vancouver: Giving junkies a fix to keep them off the street
Al Jazeera America
Thompson participated in two studies that provided access to the drug, which is administered following the protocol of a traditional treatment, like methadone. There was the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) from 2005 to 2008, he says