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Vt. Spends Millions on Addiction-Fighting Drug That Is Diverted for Street Sale – Bennington Banner

Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale – Bennington Banner

Vt. spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is diverted for street sale
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The FDA made the drugs widely available because there weren't enough methadone clinics to accommodate the number of patients who wanted opiate addiction therapy. Buprenorphine is an opioid. It contains just enough of the narcotic so addicts won't 

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Eminem insists on having jumbo shrimps and peanut butter in his dressing room … – Channel 24

Eminem insists on having jumbo shrimps and peanut butter in his dressing room
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Rolling Stone magazine has chronicled his struggle with substance abuse, including various prescription drugs including Vicodin and Valium. He collapsed in his bathroom after overdosing?on?methadone in December 2007. He was rushed to hospital 

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Mayor’s Plan for City ID Cards Would Help Undocumented – Newsday

Mayor’s plan for city ID cards would help undocumented – Newsday

Mayor's plan for city ID cards would help undocumented
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Reached last week, Henry Bartlett, who directs a statewide coalition of opiate treatment programs, said in battling chronic long-term opiate addiction, "medicines like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivitrol, combined with counseling, has a far greater 

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Treatment for opiate scourge grabs more government spotlight – Newsday

Treatment for opiate scourge grabs more government spotlight
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Reached last week, Henry Bartlett, who directs a statewide coalition of opiate treatment programs, said in battling chronic long-term opiate addiction, “medicines like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivitrol, combined with counseling, has a far greater 

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Treating Opiate Scourge Grabs Government Spotlight — Again – Newsday

Treating opiate scourge grabs government spotlight — again – Newsday

Treating opiate scourge grabs government spotlight — again
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Reached last week, Henry Bartlett, who directs a statewide coalition of opiate treatment programs, said in battling chronic long-term opiate addiction, “medicines like Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Vivitrol, combined with counseling, has a far greater 

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Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin – Norwalk Reflector

Officials cross state lines to call for war on heroin
Norwalk Reflector
He suggested creating a “drug-abuse warning network” that would require treatment facilities and first-responders to report suspected heroin or other opiate use in Lucas County. …. leave pills unattended in medicine cabinets; renewing efforts to

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Experts Warn Heroin Could Be Next Epidemic

Experts warn heroin could be next epidemic
TAMPA — Heroin deaths across the Tampa Bay area remain relatively low, but experts warn the crackdown on prescription drug abuse could reverse that trend.
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Tooele Mom Charged After Son Ingests Methadone, Dies – Deseret News

Tooele mom charged after son ingests methadone, dies – Deseret News


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Tooele mom charged after son ingests methadone, dies
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TOOELE — A Tooele woman whose young son died after drinking methadone in his sippy cup has been charged with child abuse homicide. Jill Goff, 32, was charged Wednesday with the second-degree felony in connection with the death of her 2-year-old 
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Family asks that woman accused of overdosing toddler be allowed at funeralSalt Lake Tribune

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STATE HOUSE NEWS: Report Measures Mass. Youths’ Views on Drugs, Alcohol – Wicked Local- Pembroke

STATE HOUSE NEWS: Report measures Mass. youths’ views on drugs, alcohol – Wicked Local- Pembroke

STATE HOUSE NEWS: Report measures Mass. youths' views on drugs, alcohol
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Behavioral Health Barometer found 7.4 of Massachusetts youth smoked cigarettes in 2011 to 2012, a slightly higher rate than the country and down from earlier years. The report found 8.3

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