Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe
Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe
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Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe Many patients take methadone, an opiate that's safer than heroin, for months or years. It doesn't cure addiction, but relieves withdrawal symptoms and allows many people to function and work without getting high. While Habit OPCO follows up with … |
Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction – Philly.com
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Combat vets battle an enemy within: Addiction
Philly.com In 12 years after 9/11, prescriptions of four primary opiate painkillers – oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone – rose 270 percent at VA hospitals, according to internal VA records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last … |
Community ‘plagued’ by drug trend, officials say at opiate forum – Wicked Local Melrose
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Community 'plagued' by drug trend, officials say at opiate forum
Wicked Local Melrose Folks representing different fronts of the battle against opioid abuse came together on April 8 at the Wakefield Public Safety Building to present their experiences with the issue and how medical organizations, schools, police, courts and pharmacists … |
Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles – Boston Globe
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Pregnant prisoners are losing their shackles
Boston Globe Jail and prison officials say that socioeconomic status, history of sexual abuse, and substance abuse problems often distract women from seeking prenatal care in their communities. These changes don't just have the inmates in mind. Correctional … |
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