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Methadone clinics don’t attract crime, study finds – Baltimore Sun
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Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants. Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other …
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Laurens couple files lawsuit in son’s methadone overdose – Macon Telegraph
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Two years ago, their only child died of a methadone overdose in Savannah. Andrew Glenn “Drew” Currie was not a patient in a drug treatment facility, but his parents are convinced the dose that killed him came from a clinic in Garden City.
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Rockland methadone clinic still a work in progress – Bangor Daily News
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Methadone clinics don’t attract crime, study finds – Baltimore Sun (blog)
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Methadone clinics don't attract crime, study finds Baltimore Sun (blog) By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is considering moving into the …

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Malibu Horizon’s Addiction Treatment Innovator Dr. AR Mohammad Recognized As … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Innovator Dr. AR Mohammad Recognized As … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Though patients can obtain buprenorphine at a pharmacy, they must go to clinics daily to get methadone. And, unlike methadone and buprenorphine, Vivitrol isn't an opioid but a long-acting form of naltrexone, which blocks opioids. and more »

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Buprenorphine versus methadone use in opiate detoxification, are there other factors that should be considered?
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Br J Gen Pract. 2012 Feb; 62(595): 68-9
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Pilot trial of a recovery management intervention for heroin addicts released from compulsory rehabilitation in China.
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J Subst Abuse Treat. 2012 Apr 18;
Hser YI, Fu L, Wu F, Du J, Zhao M

China faces the challenge of dual epidemics of drug use and HIV/AIDS. Despite the high relapse rate among heroin addicts released from compulsory rehabilitation facilities, there are few programs available in China to assist these addicts in the community. We pilot-tested in China a Recovery Management Intervention (RMI) program designed to facilitate early detection of relapse and prompt linkage from compulsory rehabilitation to the community and, if participants relapse, to community-based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs. One hundred heroin addicts were randomly assigned to either the Standard Care group (n=50) or the RMI group (n=50). At the end of the 3-month trial, participants in the RMI group, relative to the standard care group, demonstrated positive outcomes in recidivism due to relapse (0 vs. 6%, p=.08; d=0.354), MMT participation (8% vs. 0, p=0.06; d=0.417), and employment (33% vs. 2%, p<.001; d=0.876), although no difference was found in urine testing results (8.5% vs. 8.7%; d=0.013) among interviewed participants. These pilot study results were based on a small sample size and short-term observation, suggesting the need for more research to further improve and test RMI effectiveness with larger samples over a longer period of time in order to provide evidence in support of RMI as an effective strategy for community reintegration among addicts released from rehabilitation facilities in China.
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Methadone clinics feeling pain of state budget cuts – Bangor Daily News
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Jessica Payne got hooked on drugs at just 16 years old. A prescription for Percocet to treat her chronic pain and a birth defect in her hands opened the door to what would stretch into more than a decade of addiction. “I would do whatever was …
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Another group wants to open Duluth methadone treatment clinic – Duluth News Tribune
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With a second methadone treatment center for opiate addicts in Duluth about two months from opening, according to its director, another group hopes to open one as well. And it’s a clinic St. Louis County leaders might support. The Center for …
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Duluth City Council Opposes Proposed Methadone Clinic – msnbc.com
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Proposed Duluth methadone clinic loses Minnesota’s OK – Duluth News Tribune
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The Minnesota Department of Human Services commissioner has overruled a previous decision by her department, denying the Superior Treatment Center a “determination of need” — a required component to open a second methadone treatment clinic …
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What happens if people do not have access to a methadone clinic? – Owen Sound Sun Times
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Perhaps the best compliment I was ever paid about my column was from a man I did not know during a chance encounter in a store. He said, “I read your column. I don’t always agree with you, but you always make me think”. That is all I ever hoped to do with …
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Increases in the availability of prescribed opioids in a Canadian setting.
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Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Apr 3;
Nosyk B, Marshall BD, Fischer B, Montaner JS, Wood E, Kerr T

BACKGROUND: The nonmedical use of prescribed opioids (POs) has increased across North America over the past decade. Our objective was to identify changes in the availability of POs and other illicit drugs among drug users in a Canadian setting. METHODS: Information on the availability of illicit drugs was collected in standardized interviews from a large observational research program involving illicit drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia from 2006 to 2010. The primary outcome was the perceived availability of a set of six POs (aspirin/oxycodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, morphine, acetaminophen/codeine and methadone) among individuals reporting ever using POs. Availability was measured in three levels: not available, delayed availability (available ?10min), and immediate availability (available <10min). Multivariate ordinal logistic regression models were executed to estimate the trend in PO availability, controlling for individual characteristics hypothesized to influence availability. RESULTS: 1871 individuals were followed during the study period (2006-2010), including 583 (31.2%) women. The availability of POs increased over time, regardless of changes in the characteristics of cohort entrants. These increases were observed while the availability of traditional drugs of abuse (e.g., heroin and cocaine) remained constant. The adjusted odds of delayed availability vs. unavailability were between 34% (hydromorphone) and 71% (acetaminophen/codeine) greater in each calendar year. DISCUSSION: The availability of POs among drug users in a Canadian setting increased markedly over a relatively short timeframe, despite persistent and high availability of heroin and cocaine. Further study is required to determine the context of use of POs, associated harms, as well as policy responses to increasing availability.
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