Posts Tagged ‘United States’

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility – Boston Globe

Boston to shutter drug treatment facility Boston Globe In a 6-to-1 vote last week, Boston's Board of Health decided to end more than 40 years of city-run methadone treatment, which uses the narcotic to wean addicts from heroin and other opiates. The addiction services will now be handled by Community …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns – The Guardian

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Parents using methadone to pacify children, charity warns The Guardian Some children are being given methadone by parents with a serious drug addiction to "pacify" them, warns a charity working with families coping with narcotic abuse. In the first detailed examination of the risks to children of drug treatment …

Methadone Treatment – Google News

Methadone and buprenorphine-naloxone both associated with reduced HIV risk … – aidsmap

Eliza Wheeler of Harm Reduction talks about Naloxone – http://www.harmreduction.org Eliza Wheeler is the Manager of the D.O.P.E. (Drug Overdose Prevention Education) project at Harm Reduction. Locate a Naloxone Program in Your Area http://www.over…

To Stop an Overdose: Heroin, Narcan and the New Public Policies That Are …
A person who takes a fatal dose of heroin or other opiate-based drug and stops breathing can often quickly be brought back if a friend, family member or medical professional has naloxone on hand and knows how to use it. "Take a …. "This includes …
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BioDelivery Sciences' Bunavail Receives Additional Patent Protection Until …
BioDelivery Sciences International announced awarding of a new patent covering Bunavail, the company's buprenorphine and naloxone buccal film product currently being reviewed by the FDA. The new patent, which is expected to issue on April 22, will …
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InterACT – Prescripton Drug Abuse – Part 1 – Alcohol and Substance Abuse. In this video you will see why people doing this program never relapse or return to their old ways. It shows what is missing in …

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HHS leaders call for expanded use of medications to combat opioid overdose …
"When prescribed and monitored properly, medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone are safe and cost-effective components of opioid addiction treatment," said lead author and NIDA director Nora D. Volkow, M.D. "These medications can …
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Kraemer: Marijuana effects not studied enough
It's schedule I status gives it more severe restrictions than Schedule II drugs like cocaine or methamphetamine. Still, Kraemer said, more research must be done to confirm the substance's medicinal use. … Marinol is known to somewhat effectively …
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Question by autumn: Location of rapid detox for alcohol center near Modesto, Ca.?
A couple years ago I ran into some tragedies in my work and personal life. I started drinking alcohol to help me sleep. It worked. I felt great when I wake up and I perform great at work.

However, the amount of alcohol I am drinking has increased to the point where I do not know what to do. Since I only drink in the privacy of my bedroom right before I go to sleep very few people are aware I am drinking.

Now I want to get the alcohol out of my life but I am having problems. I work full time and like the place I am working at. If I were to go cold turkey the side effects would be obvious everyone I work with. I know because I have already tried and get terrible results. To avoid this issue altogether I want to do rapid detox.

Question by Tiffany Pifer: who do we contact to get help for someone who is on drugs in needs help?
i have a friend who tried to talk to her mom about her dad (who needs serious help) in her mom said there is nothing she can do. her mom and dad are no longer together so the little girl turned to me for help

Best answer:

Answer by Phillip
Rehab is really the best way to go, but he won’t change unless he wants to.

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Society is still out of touch with the reality of addiction
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which tracks drug use in this country, says a recent survey showed a more than 100 percent increase in the use of heroin in the United States between 2002 and 2012. Slightly less than half …
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Man convicted of kiddy porn distribution asks for treatment
… was charged following a police investigation last March, asked for his time to be served at the Ontario Corrections Institute in Brampton because he would be able to receive the treatment and counseling there for his sexual and substance abuse …
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The state of mental health treatment in the United States
Depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance abuse—these problems occur most often in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. So by age 30, 75 percent of individuals who will develop mental disorders of some type will have already done …
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