Boston to Shutter Drug Treatment Facility – Boston Globe
Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe
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Boston to shutter drug treatment facility
Boston Globe In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community … |
Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County – WZZM
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Fatal methadone overdoses soar in Kent County
WZZM Methadone entered the public consciousness in the 1950s when American doctors began using it to treat heroin addiction. Today, about 500,000 people are participating in methadone treatment programs nationwide, including several hundred locally. |
State Highlights: Home Care Workers’ Pay And Medicaid Budgets; Calif. Mental … – Kaiser Health News
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State Highlights: Home Care Workers' Pay And Medicaid Budgets; Calif. Mental …
Kaiser Health News In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community … |
Pain patch blamed in boy’s death: Homicide investigation launched in 3rd … – Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Pain patch blamed in boy's death: Homicide investigation launched in 3rd …
Chattanooga Times Free Press It is the fourth most commonly overdosed painkiller behind oxycodone, hydrocodone, and methadone. • Fentanyl … A physician at Highland Pediatrics said fentanyl can be used to treat children, but typically only in cases of intense pain. "It's just … |
Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post A decade into a federal crackdown on the street use of prescription painkillers such as Vicodin, Percocet or OxyContin, many addicts have switched to heroin because it is cheaper and easier to find. Heroin use spiked 79 percent in the United States … |
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