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Reno Mayoral Candidate Died of Accidental Overdose

Reno mayoral candidate died of accidental overdose
Authorities say a 48-year-old Reno man who was running for mayor died of an accidental drug overdose.
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Wisconsin babies face new epidemic
As heroin tightens its grip on Wisconsin, more attention is being paid to its youngest victims — babies born exposed to that drug and other opiates. 
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Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction
This junkie is about to begin a three-day, neo-African, sometimes-terrifying, ritualistic trip. Can it help her get clean?
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Senate Panel Voting on Drug Overdose Bills – News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England

Senate panel voting on drug overdose bills – News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England
PROVIDENCE – A Senate panel is scheduled to vote on several bills aimed at addressing drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
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A Senate panel is scheduled to vote on several bills aimed at addressing drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island.
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Oxycontin addiction at is worst with Dr. Howard C. Samuels on CNN’s Jane Velez Mitchell. – A horrible crime to get Oxycontin is caught on tape and discussed with Dr. Howard C. Samuels on CNN’s Jane Velez Mitchell.

 

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Not-So-Quick Fix

Not-So-Quick Fix
Both were opioid dependent, and both were criticized in the wake of their deaths for bad decision making and for failing to summon the willpower to prevent a relapse. According to … That reality has made buprenorphine—an opioid partial agonist that …
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Decorated Bay City soldier says he's on the cusp of putting opiate addiction
In January 2010, he started taking methadone six days a week at a clinic in Saginaw County's Carrollton Township, hoping to get control of, and then exorcise, his addiction. He's also a medical marijuana patient and says pot has aided … "œWhat it …
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Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims
The drug counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other powerful painkillers and has been routinely used by ambulance crews and emergency rooms in the U.S. and other countries for decades. But in the past few years … The surge in heroin use …
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Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – U-T San Diego

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – U-T San Diego

Crimea sideeffect: Addicts deprived of methadone
U-T San Diego
Across the Black Sea peninsula, some 800 heroin addicts and other needle-drug users take part in methadone programs, seen as an important part of efforts to curb HIV infections by taking the patients away from hypodermic needles that can spread the …

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Not-So-Quick Fix – LA Magazine

Not-So-Quick Fix
LA Magazine
That reality has made buprenorphine—an opioid partial agonist that can relieve withdrawal symptoms without producing the same high or dangerous side effects as full opioids—an important weapon in the fight against drug addiction. When combined with

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer

Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – U-T San Diego

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – U-T San Diego

Crimea sideeffect: Addicts deprived of methadone
U-T San Diego
Across the Black Sea peninsula, some 800 heroin addicts and other needle-drug users take part in methadone programs, seen as an important part of efforts to curb HIV infections by taking the patients away from hypodermic needles that can spread the …

and more »

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Not-So-Quick Fix – LA Magazine

Not-So-Quick Fix
LA Magazine
That reality has made buprenorphine—an opioid partial agonist that can relieve withdrawal symptoms without producing the same high or dangerous side effects as full opioids—an important weapon in the fight against drug addiction. When combined with

Methadone Side Effects – Google News

Triangle firefighters, police train to revive drug overdose victims – News & Observer

Medication an Effective Tool in Fighting Addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction
Boston Globe
Buprenorphine and methadone are opioids that prevent patients from feeling “dope sick” or overrun by withdrawal symptoms like cold sweats, muscle aches, and anxiety that often lead to relapse. Naltrexone is an opioid blocker that prevents the powerful …

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Know Your Enemy – courierjournal

Know Your Enemy
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“The medication alleviates cravings and withdrawal symptoms, causing no euphoric effects, which allows the chemically dependent person to focus on the mental and psychological aspects of addiction,” Haddock said. Individuals enrolled in methadone

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Not-So-Quick Fix – LA Magazine

Not-So-Quick Fix
LA Magazine
The compulsive and destructive behaviors of addicts, previously assumed to be the result of choice, are now seen as symptoms of the brain disorder—that is, addictive behaviors are manifestations of the disease, not its cause. … Anonymous and