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Network of Agencies in Berkshire County Offer Treatment Options
Network of agencies in Berkshire County offer treatment options
NORTH ADAMS Berkshire County's opioid abuse problem is no secret, but less talked about is the available treatment options – largely because no one wants to admit to addiction.
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Student Films Detail Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse – Lincoln Times-News
Student films detail dangers of prescription drug abuse – Lincoln Times-News
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Student films detail dangers of prescription drug abuse
Lincoln Times-News According to data compiled by the N.C. Center for Health Statistics included in the 2010 Health Study “The Burden of Unintentional Poisoning in North Carolina,” Methadone specifically contributed to more deaths and overdoses in North Carolina in 2007 … |
Network of agencies in Berkshire County offer treatment options – Berkshire Eagle
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Network of agencies in Berkshire County offer treatment options
Berkshire Eagle The services are receiving higher than expected demand because Berkshire County's opiate abuse problem mirrors rising numbers across the nation, according to Gale Lesure, program director for substance abuse services at the Brien Center. Many of these … |
Drug-Free Coalition names leader – Palladium-Item
Network of Agencies in Berkshire County Offer Treatment Options – Berkshire Eagle
Network of agencies in Berkshire County offer treatment options – Berkshire Eagle
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Network of agencies in Berkshire County offer treatment options
Berkshire Eagle The services are receiving higher than expected demand because Berkshire County's opiate abuse problem mirrors rising numbers across the nation, according to Gale Lesure, program director for substance abuse services at the Brien Center. Many of these … |
Drug-Free Coalition names leader – Palladium-Item
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Drug-Free Coalition names leader
Palladium-Item A lack of urgency about drug abuse and frequent turnover in coordinators has led to few applications for the funds, coalition members said. … Users often can't afford methadone, making it cheaper to stay on heroin, coalition member Beth Baker said … |
Walk-in services added at Fall River mental health center – SouthCoastToday.com
Drug-Free Coalition Names Leader – Palladium-Item
Drug-Free Coalition names leader – Palladium-Item
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Drug-Free Coalition names leader
Palladium-Item A lack of urgency about drug abuse and frequent turnover in coordinators has led to few applications for the funds, coalition members said. Restrictions on how the funds may be spent also was a problem, coalition president Cheryl Begley said. All grant … |
Walk-in services added at Fall River mental health center – SouthCoastToday.com
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Walk-in services added at Fall River mental health center
SouthCoastToday.com SSTAR offers a range of in- and out-patient services around mental health and substance abuse, including a methadone clinic, group therapy and acute residential rehab. The assessments will be provided from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays. With no … |
Drug drop-offs collect thousands of pills – The Wilson Times (subscription)
Drug-Free Coalition Names Leader – Palladium-Item
Drug-Free Coalition names leader – Palladium-Item
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Drug-Free Coalition names leader
Palladium-Item A lack of urgency about drug abuse and frequent turnover in coordinators has led to few applications for the funds, coalition members said. Restrictions on how the funds may be spent also was a problem, coalition president Cheryl Begley said. All grant … |
Walk-in services added at Fall River mental health center – SouthCoastToday.com
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Walk-in services added at Fall River mental health center
SouthCoastToday.com SSTAR offers a range of in- and out-patient services around mental health and substance abuse, including a methadone clinic, group therapy and acute residential rehab. The assessments will be provided from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays. With no … |
Drug drop-offs collect thousands of pills – The Wilson Times (subscription)
Methadone: ‘Liquid Handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times
Methadone: ‘Liquid handcuffs’ – Sunday Star Times
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Methadone: 'Liquid handcuffs'
Sunday Star Times If methadone was combined with commonly abused drugs, including alcohol, it could be fatal and continuing to prescribe the treatment "when someone is knowingly using this dangerous combination is very high risk", she said. Eight people died while on … |
Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction – Seacoastonline.com
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Painkillers and heroin; on the road to addiction
Seacoastonline.com Though I was suspicious that I was being prescribed methadone for pain when I only knew of its use in the treatment of heroin addiction, my trust for the prescriber prevailed. I began using it as prescribed, never abusing it, and I was stepped up the … |
Innocents Lost: Kids are dying, but who’s counting? – Bradenton Herald