Special Report: Vermont Spends Millions on Addiction-Fighting Drug That Is

Special Report: Vermont spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is
The system links regional centers that specialize in addiction medicine and dispense methadone with primary care physicians who prescribe buprenorphine from their offices. Spoke doctors, like Rossman, get help from nurses and social workers provided by …
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Deaths from heroin in New London, Norwich doubled in 2013
In 2012, legislation was passed in Connecticut that makes a prescription for Narcan, normally carried by paramedics, available to people who live with or know of someone with an opioid addiction. Health officials in Rhode Island are urging more police …
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“Methadone fosters a sense of powerlessness” — Stanton Peele argues that methadone prescribing tells addicts they are incapable of changing on their own. Professors Stanton Peele and Neil McKeganey debate…


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