Without Affordable Rents, DC’s Rehousing Program Can’t Rescue Homeless Families – Washington Post

Without affordable rents, DC’s rehousing program can’t rescue homeless families – Washington Post

Without affordable rents, DC's rehousing program can't rescue homeless families
Washington Post
By Petula Dvorak, E-mail the writer. They loved their new apartment in Southeast Washington. It felt like a new beginning, far from the homeless shelter at the former D.C. General Hospital, with its rats and cold showers and the methadone clinic crowd

Methadone Uses – Google News

Parents don’t want methadone clinic opening next to grade school – Globalnews.ca

Parents don't want methadone clinic opening next to grade school
Globalnews.ca
Both King and Tovey say they aren't against methadone clinics in general but simply don't think it should be so close to the school. Indeed, King pointed out there was another clinic about 10 minutes away and she admits there's no problems with the

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Methadone Uses – Google News

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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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

South Africa, Safaris – and Selfies

South Africa, safaris – and selfies
We were planning to visit some Comic Relief projects – and I was apprehensive that the serious side of Cape Town would make the holiday side feel wrong. … Afternoons were spent visiting two Comic Relief projects: a brilliant home school for the …
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Grand Futures reports a decline in teenage substance abuse
Rimmer said crystal meth remains something to watch out for in Northwest Colorado, as well as drugs such as heroin. … Kids who aim to get high while steering clear of heavy drugs like meth and heroin are still running the same risks. … and Rimmer …
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Without Affordable Rents, DC’s Rehousing Program Can’t Rescue Homeless Families – Washington Post

Without affordable rents, DC’s rehousing program can’t rescue homeless families – Washington Post

Without affordable rents, DC's rehousing program can't rescue homeless families
Washington Post
By Petula Dvorak, E-mail the writer. They loved their new apartment in Southeast Washington. It felt like a new beginning, far from the homeless shelter at the former D.C. General Hospital, with its rats and cold showers and the methadone clinic crowd

Methadone Uses – Google News

Parents don’t want methadone clinic opening next to grade school – Globalnews.ca

Parents don't want methadone clinic opening next to grade school
Globalnews.ca
Both King and Tovey say they aren't against methadone clinics in general but simply don't think it should be so close to the school. Indeed, King pointed out there was another clinic about 10 minutes away and she admits there's no problems with the

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Methadone Uses – Google News

VA Pays $200 Million for 1000 Wrongful Deaths

VA Pays 0 Million For 1000 Wrongful Deaths
An Iraq War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of drug dependency is found dead on the floor of his room at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in West Los Angeles after doctors give him a 30-day supply of the anti …
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Vermont’s Heroin Addicts: Handcuffs or Hospitals? — A presentation by the VLS Criminal Law Society at Vermont Law School. Features the following experts, in order of appearance: Prof. Arnold S. Trebach, J.D., …


Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Methadone is often stigmatized, he acknowledged, but for some addicts — when it's used in combination with counseling and other treatments — the substitute drug makes a dramatic difference in their lives. “Methadone will allow you to go from a

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Methadone Addiction – Google News

City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe
The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant
BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinicDaily Free Press (subscription)
Boston officials looking to transfer operations of only city-run methadone clinicMassLive.com

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