LePage Wants to Add 22 State Jobs to Fight Drug Trafficking – Bangor Daily News
LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking – Bangor Daily News
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LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking
Bangor Daily News Pregnant women who abuse drugs are given priority placement for treatment services, and exempted from the state's two-year cap on methadone treatment. Once the babies are born, state programs help to ensure a healthy home environment, including the … |
Fremont man sentenced to 11 years – Toledo Blade
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Fremont man sentenced to 11 years
Toledo Blade FREMONT — For killing his wife with an overdose of the methadone prescribed to him for a back injury, Jason Risenburg was sentenced today to 11 years in prison. Risenburg, 38, who pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to involuntary manslaughter, offered no … |
OxyContin continues to devastate Appalachia – DigiNews
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OxyContin continues to devastate Appalachia
DigiNews WYTHE COUNTY, Va., March 11, 2014 — Prescription drug abuse, specifically opioids, such as OxyContin derived from natural or synthetic forms of opium or morphine, is so prevalent in Appalachia that a new word has been created just to describe these … |
Suboxone has benefit but could also pose risk to communities – Petoskey News-Review
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Suboxone has benefit but could also pose risk to communities
Petoskey News-Review Photo courtesy of Mikael Haggstrom – Wikimedia CommonsAccording to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, opiate-based painkillers have the same active ingredient as heroin and act in similar ways on the human brain and cellular level. Experts state the … |
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