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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 am EDT
The clinic opened as the region fights a heroin epidemic and the number of overdose deaths has skyrocketed. Leaders battling illegal drugs … "Methadone treatment is one of the standards of care for outpatient maintenance of opioid addiction," said Dr … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Addiction Expert Weighs In On Dramatic Increase in Women Dying from Opioid …
… right condition and when used properly. But, when prescribed by physicians to patients who should not receive them, or when used improperly or for recreational purposes, they can cause serious harm, including overdose and death. … Many of the … Read more on Sacramento Bee

Suncoast Deems Rx Drugs Too Accessible in Light of Recent Study–70% of …
Prescription drug abuse has steadily risen in recent years—the CDC's latest figures show that 16,500 people died from overdoses tied to common narcotic pain relievers such as Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana and methadone in 2010 (2). Drug abuse often begins … Read more on The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Casey presses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more methadone …
His letter to the CDC noted that while methadone is accepted for treating pain and biochemical dependence, there were six times as many methadone overdoses nationwide in 2009 as there were 10 years earlier, yet other reliable data are hard to find. Read more on Reading Eagle

Comment: why the asylum problem is like the drug problem
In what follows, I explore the issues around Australia's treatment of asylum seekers by developing this comparison with drug policy. My aim is not only to demonstrate that we have been this way before, with disastrous results. What is especially … Read more on SBS

DGX New Genetic Test for Opioid Cure
Recently, Quest Diagnostics (DGX – Analyst Report) introduced its latest lab-developed genetic test for the delivery of personalized opioid pain-relieving treatment. Quest Diagnostics … We also note that opioids include oxycodone and methadone, and … Read more on Zacks.com

DGX' New Genetic Test for Opioid Cure – Analyst Blog
Recently, Quest Diagnostics ( DGX ) introduced its latest lab-developed genetic test for the delivery of personalized opioid pain-relieving treatment. Quest Diagnostics developed … We also note that opioids include oxycodone and methadone, and are … Read more on NASDAQ    Read more...

Curbing the Claims-Related Opioid Abuse Epidemic
In fact, nearly three out of four drug overdoses are caused by prescription pain killers, also called "opioid pain relievers." … for pain relief. Examples include hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin) and fentanyl (Duragesic), methadone and … Read more on PropertyCasualty360

Bringing addicts in from the streets
On July 11, The Sun reported that "[h]eroin overdose deaths soared last year in Baltimore, a city that has struggled with one of the highest rates of heroin addiction in the nation and with the violence that comes with illegal drug dealing." The above … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Question by moi: what should I do? My sister is addicted to heroine and she says she has quit and is going through severe?
what should I do? My sister is addicted to heroine and she says she has quit and is going through severe?
withdrawls…she asked me to western union her 65 dollars so that she can go to a methadone clinic in the morning. I want to send it, but I dont want her to spend it on heroine instead or get right back on the herione after she’s done with the methadone. (my mom paid for her methadone last time and then after she got her last dosage of it, sometime very shorty after, she was right back on the heroine) so I dont know what to do…I want to help her but i dont want to support her drug habit if she’s lying. Plus I would feel horrible ii sent her the money,she used it for heroine and then she overdosed and died. I would feel horribly guilty for the rest of my life for sending her the money thats for “methadone”. I feel damned if I do and damned if Idont…..
I cant go to the clinic with her because i’m a 7 hour drive away from her and I’m a full time college student and a single mom. Otherwise I would,ofcourse. And when she asked me, I immediately thought of giving someone else the money to give to the clinic, but I dont really know anyone and I did ask her if I could give it directly to the clinic and she said no, but she could be lying…    Read more...

DA's office discovers hundreds of dormant cases during staff turnover
His death certificate shows he died of cardiac arrest at his home on Brady Street in Macon, according to district attorney's office records. When interviewed by police … 247 Connector when an ambulance was dispatched to an overdose. Warner Robins … Read more on Macon Telegraph (blog)