Posts Tagged ‘addiction’

Mothers passing painkiller addiction to newborns – CTV.ca
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Mothers passing painkiller addiction to newborns CTV.ca A baby who was born with an addiction to OxyContin and is now a ward of the state is shown being held by a nurse in this undated photo. The exploding problem of addiction to prescription painkillers has hit the maternity ward, doctors say. NS tightens rules on OxyContinGlobe and Mail Fallout feared from Ont. drug restrictionsWindsor Star Addiction experts applaud Ontario's move to limit OxyContin680 News American News Report all 42 news articles »

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A system ripe for abuse – Albany Times Union (blog)
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A system ripe for abuse Albany Times Union (blog) Our opinion: A law to better control controlled substances could help stem prescription drug addiction. But the state needs to respect doctor-patient relationships and privacy. Here's an entry for the Encyclopedia of Oxymorons: Controlled substances. and more »

Methadone clinic offers alternative to pain pill addiction – KTRE
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A new treatment option is offering a different alternative for pain pill addiction in East Texas. “Everyone in the United States, everywhere in the world, it is very prevalent, opiate usage,” said Methadone Clinic of East Texas Director Edward Jacobs.
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TN methadone clinics could get new rules – Nashville Tennessean
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A state agency has proposed new rules aimed at getting more addicts out of methadone clinics and into programs that wean them completely off drugs. Some of those rules may have unintended consequences, say the people who run the clinics.
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Warren residents remain opposed to methadone clinic – Bangor Daily News
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My Addiction

Mostly unedited. I’m just talking about my addiction to opiates.

Year in Review: A month-to-month look at the stories of 2011
Filed under: Fentanyl abuse

14 — More charges for Riese — Former Del Norte County District Attorney Mike Riese is facing a charge of forging a prescription for the narcotic fentanyl at a pharmacy in Brookings, Ore. Dec. 15 — NCRC to close — The North Coast Resource Center has …
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Addictions plague health workers
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In 2009, a surgical technician in Denver stole syringes filled with Fentanyl, pharmaceutical-grade heroin, and refilled them with saline solution before replacing them. She exposed up to 6000 patients to Hepatitis C, which she had. …
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For Physicians: Naltrexone Pellet for Heroin Addiction

www.naltrexzone.com Naltrexzone Treatment Center 1 South Center Street Merchantville NJ 08109 (856) 663-4447 This video shows physicians how to properly inject the Gooberman Naltrexone Pellet.

Injection sites our moral imperative
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… first such site in Vancouver convinced all nine Supreme Court of Canada justices in September that such a service could prevent overdose deaths, avert the spread of disease from dirty needles and assist the entry of addicts into detox programs. …
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Addiction Of Heroin in the News

Former Redcar and Cleveland College assistant principal caught with heroin …
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Paul Abrahams, mitigating, said he was now trying to kick his addiction and is on a course which involves him taking the prescribed heroin substitute methadone. “Despite the fact that he argues for different ways of dealing with drugs, the use of drugs …
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There's nothing sexy about Steve McQueen's Shame. It's a film about loneliness …
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… that it was about addiction – the extension of the argument being that an honest portrait of addictive behaviour is rarely attractive, and we don't expect films about alcoholism or drug use to leave us gasping for a cold Chablis or a hit of heroin. …
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Vancouver's free-booze lounge 'would be members only,' offer counselling
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Methadone Detox Centers in the News

“I turned to prostitution to fund heroin addiction”
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Methadone – a synthetic heroin substitute – is renowned for stopping a woman's periods. She underwent an NHS detox in the community and “by the grace of God” gave birth to a healthy baby boy earlier this year. Lucy grew up in a loving, but troubled, …
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Ambassador Eric Goosby, US Global AIDS Coordinator, to deliver Barmes Lecture …
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He was among the very first physicians to treat people with HIV at San Francisco General Hospital, where he helped to integrate HIV treatment programs with methadone clinics. In 1991, Dr. Goosby moved to Washington to become the first director of the …
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America's Deadliest Pills
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