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V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors in S.F. Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw
AllGov
The news follows another disturbing report in September that VA prescriptions for four opiates (hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine) increased 270% between 2001 and 2012, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The increase 
Editorial: VA must do more to reduce painkiller prescriptionsSacramento Bee

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Methadone Opiates – Google News

Times Colonist Christmas Fund: Rescued addict has reason to smile – Victoria Times Colonist

Times Colonist Christmas Fund: Rescued addict has reason to smile
Victoria Times Colonist
Tufford once “hid in the pipe” when he was on the street, but now cycles to the pharmacy to receive methadone, “which keeps me off the opiates,” as part of his vow to stay clean and sober and start fresh. “You can't believe how it feels when you come

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V.A. Doctors Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw – AllGov

V.A. Doctors Renewed Opiate Painkillers for Patients They Never Saw
AllGov
The news follows another disturbing report in September that VA prescriptions for four opiates (hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine) increased 270% between 2001 and 2012, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The increase 
In San Francisco, VA Doctors Renewed Opiate Prescriptions Without Seeing NBC Bay Area
Painkilling meds flowing too freely at SF VA Medical Center, VA IG saysThe News Journal (blog)

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Methadone Opiates – Google News

Mother given time to respond in jail lawsuit – Longview News-Journal

Mother given time to respond in jail lawsuit
Longview News-Journal
Cheyenne Smith sued Gregg County on June 5, one day short of the two-year statute of limitations, claiming Micah Robert Aaron Garner died because he was denied medication he was taking for opiate addiction. Smith seeks $ 2.5 million. She did not

[As Long as Medicaid Is Paying for Your Methadone Treatment, They Never Try to Bring Your Dose Down]

[as long as Medicaid is paying for your methadone treatment, they never try to bring your dose down] — “if you have (Medicaid) and you’re not paying for anything at the clinic, no one is ever saying you should go down (in your methadone dose)” “it’s nice, kind…


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“Once You’re on [Methadone] Maintenance, They Tell You ‘You Can Be Here as Long as You Want’ “

“once you’re on [methadone] maintenance, they tell you ‘you can be here as long as you want’ “ — “when I first started methadone I was told that it would be a 30 day program” “after 30 days when you’re not ready to taper off they tell you it’s a six-mont…


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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 – Google News

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

Methadone Heroin: Dangerous Drugs: They Are Sold in Our Pharmacies, Not on Our Street Corners – Daily Mail (Blog)

Methadone Heroin: Dangerous Drugs: They are sold in our pharmacies, not on our street corners – Daily Mail (blog)

Dangerous Drugs: They are sold in our pharmacies, not on our street corners
Daily Mail (blog)
The most effective form of harm reduction is total abstinence from all mood-altering drugs, including alcohol (look what happened to Amy Winehouse) and regular attendance at Narcotics Anonymous. Methadone is prescribed as an alternative to heroin.

Methadone Heroin – Google News

Methadone Heroin: Woman who killed boyfriend with overdose almost dies of heroin overdose … – Wisconsin State Journal

Woman who killed boyfriend with overdose almost dies of heroin overdose
Wisconsin State Journal
A woman who was convicted of killing her boyfriend six years ago by supplying him methadone that he overdosed on almost died herself from a heroin overdose Wednesday afternoon in an east side restaurant parking lot, Madison police reported.

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