Methadone Clinic to Open in Torrington
Methadone Clinic to Open in Torrington
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, methadone is a synthetic opioid that blocks the effects of heroin and other prescription drugs with opiates. The substance helps eliminate withdrawal symptoms and relieve drug cravings.
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This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?
There's some beautiful reporting, such as Sontag's discussion of the liberating effects of receiving medications at a regular doctor's office rather than at a forbidding and inconvenient methadone clinic. Yet the very vividness of the human portraits …
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