Bain Capital Company Buys Brattleboro Methadone Clinic – Brattleboro Reformer
Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic – Brattleboro Reformer
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Bain Capital company buys Brattleboro methadone clinic
Brattleboro Reformer The Brattleboro treatment center will be obligated to fulfill any contracts or grants of Habit OPCO, said Barbara Cimaglio, deputy commissioner for alcohol and drug abuse programs at the Vermont Department of Health. "We do not expect any change in … |
Join the Journey holding wellness fair in Burnet in drug-abuse fight – The River Cities Sunday Tribune
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Join the Journey holding wellness fair in Burnet in drug-abuse fight
The River Cities Sunday Tribune Caleb Christiansen was just 21 years old when he died of an overdose in December 2011 from prescription methadone. The drugs were provided to Christiansen by another man, who was sentenced to prison for the crime. The circumstances surrounding a … |
Federal heroin prohibitions violate BC patients’ Charter rights, lawyer argues – The Globe and Mail
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Federal heroin prohibitions violate BC patients' Charter rights, lawyer argues
The Globe and Mail The researchers say that for the small subsection of severe heroin addicts who don't respond to conventional treatments such as methadone, receiving pharmaceutical-grade heroin in a supervised, medical setting can lead to a number of benefits. They … |
Student films detail dangers of prescription drug abuse – Lincoln Times-News
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Student films detail dangers of prescription drug abuse
Lincoln Times-News According to data compiled by the N.C. Center for Health Statistics included in the 2010 Health Study “The Burden of Unintentional Poisoning in North Carolina,” Methadone specifically contributed to more deaths and overdoses in North Carolina in 2007 … |
Let’s not let stigma block way to effective treatment – Boston Globe
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Let's not let stigma block way to effective treatment
Boston Globe Yet as Hillary Jacobs, director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, appropriately said: “There are things besides [inpatient treatment] beds that are effective.” Methadone is a long-acting opiate medication that, when provided in a … |
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