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Woman charged after man's apparent overdose death
A Hamilton woman is being charged with giving methadone to a man who died of an apparent overdose last week. The Ravalli Republic reports ( http://bit.ly/1dmKoPn) 28-year-old Erica Ann Cummings appeared before Ravalli County Justice of the Peace … Read more on Helena Independent Record

Hamilton woman charged after man's apparent overdose death
HAMILTON — A Hamilton woman is being charged with giving methadone to a man who died of an apparent overdose last week. Twenty-eight-year-old Erica Ann Cummings appeared before Ravalli County Justice of the Peace Jim Bailey on two counts of … Read more on Billings Gazette

Cigarettes, salt fish, what's your poison?
No more ackee poisoning and he made way for FDA approvals which now enrich exporters. Please erect a … They do not create public nuisance like other substances, but their effects are pernicious, may be DNA altering, leave a deadly trait to children … Read more on Jamaica Observer

Murder Ink
A child was added a month after his death when his grandmother was charged with poisoning him with methadone. A police officer charged with shooting his fiancée to death in a domestic dispute apparently killed himself in jail. There were also nine non … Read more on Baltimore City Paper

Today in Music History
He'd been in a coma since brain surgery in 1975. Prima's novelty hits in the 1940s included … An autopsy revealed she died of a methadone overdose. In 1986, Italy's "La Scala" opera company made its … In 2005, American singer Justin Timberlake … Read more on StarPhoenix

Today in Music History – Aug. 24
An autopsy revealed she died of a methadone overdose. In 1986 … The board rejected demands by Adams's manager, Bruce Allen, that a previously-agreed-upon 42,000-person attendance limit be lifted, citing fears of damage to the park. Allen said the … Read more on mysask.com

Women's deaths from painkillers 'an epidemic'
For questions about medicines, call Poison Help at 800-222-1222 for questions about medicines. Contact Narcotics Anonymous/Orange County: 714-590-2388 or orangecountyna.org. By the numbers-Nearly 48,000 women died of prescription painkiller overdoses … Read more on SouthCoastToday.com

The Unnatural Death of Dr David Kelly: The Illusions of the Illicit Hutton …
He recited the measured levels of the chemicals relating to ingestion of co-proxamol (in sample NCH/47 – origin unknown – above) and said that two studies of fatal overdoses showed levels of DPPP several fold larger than the level of 1mcg per ml of … Read more on Center for Research on Globalization

Cape Flats rehab centre's plan to help heroin addicts
"It also incurs a seeding effect, meaning the risk of overdosing on suboxone is dramatically decreased." Methadone is slightly riskier, Hoosian said. "Methadone is an opioid, meaning it is a synthetic variant of an opiate – it doesn't actually … Read more on eNCA

CVS cuts off docs who prescribe too many narcotics
In 2009, painkiller use was cited in more than 15,500 overdose deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Drug … CVS said the suspensions followed an analysis of prescriptions brought to its drugstores from … Read more on NBCNews.com

Home News Alarming number of young people turning to…
He has been methadone free for three years. … That's not to say there aren't dangerous elements about cannabis, for example, but comparatively the addictive nature, risk of overdosing and death is much higher with opioids,” said Witt-Foley. The … Read more on CottageCountryNow.ca    Read more...

I-STOP carries unintended consequences
Certainly there are methadone clinics available. However, common sense dictates that narcotic addicts (many of whom were getting their pills for free through government programs) will turn to expensive street drugs to feed their habits. This may result … Read more on The Journal News | LoHud.com