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Pols fear drug clinic ‘menace’ – Boston Herald

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Pols fear drug clinic 'menace' Boston Herald By Dave Wedge A proposed methadone clinic that would be the third in an industrial city block is closer to reality, despite vigilant opposition from lawmakers who fear it will “oversaturate” the neighborhood with dopesick junkies.

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Doctor trying to dispel methadone clinic myths – Belleville Intelligencer

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Doctor trying to dispel methadone clinic myths Belleville Intelligencer Dr. Brian Hadley displays one of the bottles clients at Belleville, ON's First Step methadone clinic are provided with when they take the medicine home. For eight years Hadley has operated the clinic and is hoping to educate the public about the need …

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Methadone clinic setting up shop in Orangeville – Orangeville Banner

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Question by Maricopa County: Will activists blame Americans for this and why is there drug rehab in MEXICO activists said MEXICANS did not?
Will activists blame Americans for this and why is there drug rehab in MEXICO activists said MEXICANS did not ever use drugs and this is why the drugs come here ?CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least 30 gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation center in a Mexican border state capital and opened fire, killing 19 men and wounding several others, police said.

The killings happened late Thursday at the Faith and Life center in Chihuahua city, about 210 miles (350 kilometers) south of Ciudad Juarez and the border with El Paso, Texas, said state police spokesman Fidel Banuelos.

They came a day after unidentified assailants killed one man and wounded another at a rehab center in Ciudad Juarez.

Question by titou: United States — The threat of malpractice. How much does it contribute…?
…to MDs “herding” into prescribing the same diagnosis, treatment and particularly medication?

I am thinking particularly of psychiatry, but perhaps this phenomenon happens in other medical areas?

As a patient and a 20-year attendee at AA meetings where many are prescribed psycho-active medications, over the years I have seen the usual diagnosis and prescribed drugs change, an pretty much in unison. Lets see. First it was Valium Then, “clinical depression”, with Xanax being the ‘sober’ drug of choice — and often abuse, followed by Prozac and the other SSRI’s. The there was ADD, with Ritalin or other stimulants. I’m surprised to hear so many people regularly take Klonopin, not to mention percoset and other powerful pain medications. There are even “Pain Clinics” which advertise “On-site Dispensing” in display ads in our local weekly , right next to the “Massage” ads. And of course California’s “Madical Marijuana Dispensaries”.

 

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Coventry Cares accused of illegally denying coverage for addiction-treatment …

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SelfRefind, a network of addiction clinics, alleged that Coventry violated its state contract and federal law by denying coverage for buprenorphin — a narcotic commonly prescribed under the brand name Suboxone to ease addicts' cravings.
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MinuteClinic Opens Its First Walk-in Medical Clinics Inside CVS/pharmacy …

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By MinuteClinic WOONSOCKET, RI, May 10, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — MinuteClinic, the largest provider of retail-based medical clinics in the United States, has opened two walk-in medical clinics inside CVS/pharmacy stores in San Antonio.
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No matter what means they employ, drug addictions programs all have the same end in mind: the safe arrival of their participants at an emotionally healthy and substance-abuse free life. It’s a noble goal, but not one easily achieved.

Substance abusers become addicted both mentally and physically to their drugs of choice; so their recovery requires not only that the physical cravings for the drug be eliminated, but that reasons for their emotional dependency on it are uncovered and eradicated as well. Treatment centers offering drug addicting programs must not only help the addicts withdraw from their drugs; they must offer behavioral therapy which will allow the addicts to choose for themselves sobriety as their preferred way of life.

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