Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – NPR
Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment – NPR
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
NPR Of the 23.1 million Americans who needed treatment for drugs or alcohol in 2012, only 2.5 million people received aid at a specialty facility, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Heroin addicts are a … |
Heart-wrenching battle against addiction – TheChronicleHerald.ca
TheChronicleHerald.ca |
Heart-wrenching battle against addiction
TheChronicleHerald.ca Since then, two methadone programs — one private and the other run by the Cape Breton district health authority — have been established. They now serve about 700 clients. And yet, Cape Breton is still in a hard old spot. Unemployment rates remain … |
Tracing the US heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis … – Washington Post
Washington Post |
Tracing the US heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis …
Washington Post They have targeted areas where prescription pill abuse is worst, sending heroin pushers to “set up right outside the methadone clinics,” said one DEA agent. Some new heroin users begin by snorting the drug. But like addicts of synthetic painkillers who … |
R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction – The Providence Journal
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R.I. Senate panel considers bills to aid treatment of drug addiction
The Providence Journal Paul V. Jabour, D-Providence, would require coverage for all medications used to treat addiction, including methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol). Practices among insurers vary on Suboxone and Vivitrol, but few cover methadone, … |
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