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In Metro, Painkiller Abuse May Be Gateway to Heroin – Pioneer Press

Methadone Abuse: In metro, painkiller abuse may be gateway to heroin – Pioneer Press
Zane Wensman first tried OxyContin when he was 16. He bought four of the prescription painkillers from a buddy at Blaine High School. He popped two during his first-hour metalworking class. He took two more four hours later. “I felt kind of like …
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Methadone Abuse: Sixth forum on dangers of heroin use set for Wednesday – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The forums are intended to educate the public about what police are calling the dangerous epidemic of heroin and painkiller use among teens. The St. Louis County Police Department, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the St. Louis County …
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City Council Approves Methadone Restrictions

Methadone Abuse: City council approves methadone restrictions
Birmingham’s city council today approved new restrictions on where methadone clinics can set up shop inside the city limits.
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Methadone Abuse: Is it safe to use ketamine as a pain drug?
What about ketamine as a pain drug? Could it be used to get someone off methadone who previously took Oxycontin and then got sent to a methadone clinic? Is ketamine more addictive than methadone as a pain drug? What are the risks vs. benefits of ketamine?
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Methadone Abuse: New NC law makes it harder to get prescription drugs
RALEIGH, N.C. — More and more people are dying from prescription drug abuse and in North Carolina it’s the number one killer in drug related deaths. This year more than 1,000 people in North Carolina will likely die from overdosing on painkillers like Methadone, Oxycontin and Vicodin. To curb prescription drug abuse, there is a new law requiring a photo ID whenever someone picks up a narcotic …
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State Panel Weighs Cap on Addiction Treatment – Press Herald

Methadone Addiction: State panel weighs cap on addiction treatment – Press Herald


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State panel weighs cap on addiction treatment
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The limit on drug addiction treatments is sure to be among the cuts that generate a backlash if lawmakers formally take them up early next year. Suboxone and methadone are prescribed to about 15000 Mainers fighting addiction to prescription painkillers
MaineCare Director Proposes Limits on Opiate Addiction Treatment DrugMPBN News

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Methadone Addiction: CRC Health Group Announces Acquisition of North Carolina’s Mountain Health … – MarketWatch (press release)

CRC Health Group Announces Acquisition of North Carolina's Mountain Health
MarketWatch (press release)
The addition of Mountain Health Solutions expands the company's ability to offer individuals the latest, evidence-based addiction treatment services that include medication-assisted treatments (MATs) like Suboxone and methadone.

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Methadone Abuse: Dangers Lurk in Medicine Cabinets – Cape Cod Times

Methadone Abuse: Dangers lurk in medicine cabinets – Cape Cod Times
I didn’t think it was going to happen to me.” For more than a decade, addiction to prescription drugs has led to vast increases in heroin abuse in the state, as well as a rise in crime. More people in the commonwealth die from fatal overdoses …
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Methadone Addiction: Dying to Get High: East Tennessee Choking on Accidental Drug Overdoses – Knoxville News Sentinel

Methadone Addiction: Dying to get high: East Tennessee choking on accidental drug overdoses – Knoxville News Sentinel

Dying to get high: East Tennessee choking on accidental drug overdoses
Knoxville News Sentinel
"She was taking methadone and Xanax. She'd just say she didn't have no insurance. I'd tell her she had a little boy she had to think of. She'd start crying. "She'd seen her uncle die. She was asking for help. I found a phone number where she could get

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Methadone Addiction: Pharmacide: Every 17 days, overdoses kill in Roane County – Knoxville News Sentinel

Pharmacide: Every 17 days, overdoses kill in Roane County
Knoxville News Sentinel
We've found up to 400 methadone pills at one death scene before. "All these overdoses are from prescription drugs, but the great majority didn't have prescriptions for the drugs that killed them. It's not like people are bringing these pills in by the

‘Pocket Money Heroin’ Sparks Fears for UK’s Kids – New Zealand Herald

Methadone Side Effects: ‘Pocket money heroin’ sparks fears for UK’s kids – New Zealand Herald
Illicit prescription drugs that can cause severe side effects if taken in the wrong dose … Users in Humberside have compared the effects of the pill to taking heroin and amphetamines, and drugs groups fear the tablets could be adulterated with other …
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Methadone Side Effects: Tough on drugs’ actually means ‘no new ideas’ – The Canberra Times
One of the interesting side-effects of the Federal Parliament’s obsession with immigration … It’s been about 40 years since marijuana, LSD and heroin made their way into Australian society and about 30 years for cocaine and ecstasy.
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Methadone Side Effects: Vaccines for heroin and cocaine addiction? – San Diego Union-Tribune
The Scripps Research Institute chemist is working on a heroin vaccine similar to the shots given … Aside from modest results, many anti-addiction drugs can cause serious side effects. In 2008, Pfizer, the maker of Chantix, added a warning …
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