State, Grand Rapids Clinics See Growing Need for Subsidized Methadone Treatment for Low-Income Drug Addicts – MLive.com
Methadone Abuse: State, Grand Rapids clinics see growing need for subsidized methadone treatment for low-income drug addicts – MLive.com
Methadone, used for about 40 years as a heroin treatment, is a synthetic narcotic that suppresses drug withdrawal for 24 to 36 hours by occupying the opioid receptor in the brain. But the drug-abuse problem has become so pervasive, the state and federal …
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Methadone Abuse: Actor Jeff Conaway’s death was not from overdose, doctor says – Catholic Online
Conaway had been battling drug and alcohol abuse for the past several years, and suffered a bad fall a year ago while he was under the influence of methadone and OxyContin. Conaway is perhaps best known for his role as “Kenickie” in “Grease” in which he …
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Methadone Abuse: Public high school opens precedent-setting drug clinic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An in-school drug and alcohol abuse clinic is opening at a public high school on Long Island, the first of its kind in New York state and possibly in the nation, treatment…
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Methadone Abuse: Most overdose deaths in King County don’t involve illegal drugs
While prescription drugs or alcohol have largely eclipsed illegal drugs as the leading cause of overdose deaths in King County, illegal drugs such as cocaine still cause many fatal overdoses, according to a new University of Washington study.
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