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Acadia methadone clinic ups treatment capacity  -  25 Mar 2008
Bangor Daily News,By Meg Haskell BANGOR - The combined capacity of the three methadone clinics in Bangor now stands at 1700 people. That’s nearly 40 percent of the total

Letter: Methadone saves lives  -  25 Mar 2008
The Daily News of Newburyport,Measures being advocated in recent letters and comments you have published by anti-methadone groups push for previously unheard of restrictions.

Scottish drug addicts should not be treated as second-class says ...  -  25 Mar 2008
News-Medical.net,Ministers are calling for a change in focus because a lack of emphasis on abstinence was leaving heroin patients on methadone in a state of suspended

Pushin' Pills:  -  25 Mar 2008
Pryor Daily Times,Turner explained Oxycodone, Hydrocodone and Methadone affect the receptors in a person’s brain. Basically, Turner said when your brain tells you to breathe,

Drug cocktail killed Leamington man  -  25 Mar 2008
Kenilworth Today,Peter Gordon Stickley, of Tachbrook Road, died at the home of his former girlfriend Alice McDermot after injecting a combination of heroin, methadone and

Should credit card issuers police online narcotic sales?  -  25 Mar 2008
CreditCards.com,I lost a dear friend a year and a half ago to a lethal cocktail of Xanax (anti-anxiety medicine), alcohol and methadone, a medicine originally used to treat

Jury To Get Smith Case  -  25 Mar 2008
The Bahama Journal,The court previously heard that the most lethal of the eight would have been the deadly painkiller methadone. More than 30 witnesses have been called in

Police: Couple used 2-year-old in Kmart thefts  -  25 Mar 2008
Portsmouth Herald News,By Elizabeth Dinan PORTSMOUTH — A pregnant woman with a criminal history, using methadone for her heroin addiction, stole DVDs and CDs from a local Kmart by

It's mom's decision  -  25 Mar 2008
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,He is on methadone. While Dad was in the hospital, my brother and I had a terrible fight. Today, my brother asked Mom if he could move back in with her.

Three teenagers charged in methadone school incident  -  Mar 21, 2008
Kansas City Star,By GLENN E. RICE Three teenagers face criminal charges after nine students became ill at school from ingesting methadone earlier this week.

Nine St. Joseph middle school girls go to hospital after taking ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Kansas City Star,But while Wednesday’s methadone incident was unprecedented in St. Joseph, it underscores a national truth: Prescription drug abuse among teens is a daily

Kidder Twp. sets hearing on planned methadone clinic  -  Mar 23, 2008
Allentown Morning Call,By Christopher Mena | Special to The Morning Call March 23, 2008 A public hearing is set for Thursday to talk about plans for a methadone clinic in Kidder

9 girls sickened by methadone, police say  -  Mar 23, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Nine middle school girls were taken to a hospital Wednesday after taking what is believed to be methadone pills, and a 16-year-old boy was charged with

9 Missouri Girls Sickened by Methadone  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Associated Press...(AP) — Nine middle school girls were sickened after apparently eating methadone pills supplied by a 16-year-old boy, police said.

Methadone: a necessary evil  -  Mar 18, 2008
BBC News,Methadone can be highly addictive and dangerous and has been linked to the deaths of several drug addicts' children. So why does the NHS pay for it to be

BIRKHEAD: 'ANNA NICOLE'S SON STOLE METHADONE'  -  Mar 18, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, took drugs and stole Methadone from his mother, an inquest into his death heard on Monday. Larry Birkhead, the father of

Methadone: 'Too many use it as part of their drugs routine'  -  Mar 17, 2008
Scotsman,THE Conservative's Holyrood justice spokesman Bill Aitken is no stranger to controversy and his plain-spoken attack on the methadone programme has

Prosecutors May Charge Two Girls In Methadone Incident  -  Mar 21, 2008
KCTV5 News,Police said he gave one of the girls the methadone and the girls gave them to the other students. It wasn’t immediately clear whether investigators believed

Two men held as Brandon Davis dies from overdose of methadone  -  Mar 17, 2008
Times Online,Two men have been arrested after the death of a two-year-old boy who is thought to have accidentally overdosed on his father’s methadone.

MSP under fire over 'fat, dumb methadone users' remarks  -  Mar 16, 2008
Scotsman,By SAM REEVES A SENIOR Conservative politician was criticised yesterday after claiming many drug addicts were sitting "fat, dumb and happy" on methadone.

Two bailed in methadone death probe  -  Mar 17, 2008
The Press AssociationFurther tests are to be carried out on the body of a two-year-old boy who is thought to have died from an overdose of methadone. Brandon Davis died at

Toddler dies after drinking methadone  -  Mar 17, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,His two brothers Lewis, three and Kyle, three months, are also being treated for methadone poisoning after ingesting the drug. Lewis is understood to be in

Two held after toddler's methadone overdose  -  Mar 17, 2008
Reuters UK,LONDON (Reuters) - Two men have been arrested after a two-year-old boy died from a suspected overdose of methadone. West Midlands Police said the men,

Methadone Warning Issued  -  Mar 20, 2008
TransWorldNews (press release),At center-stage of this drama is the role that methadone may have had in her death and that of her son, Daniel. Methadone, for many, is as mysterious as

Methadone-related deaths surpass traffic deaths in NH  -  Mar 16, 2008
Boston Globe,CONCORD, NH—More people died of drug overdoses in New Hampshire last year than died in car crashes, with methadone the leading cause of death in more than

Woman Charged With Methadone Trafficking  -  Mar 21, 2008
NC WANTED,A Raleigh woman was arrested Friday and charged with drug trafficking after investigators said she sold 125 grams of methadone over the past two months.

Daily Briefs: Plaza Coke, Middle School Methadone, Bush on  -  Mar 21, 2008
Pitch Weekly,The fallout continues after a bunch of St. Joseph schoolgirls were hospitalized Wednesday after taking methadone pills a fellow student gave them.

Methadone Gaining Popularity As Cheap Pain Killer  -  Mar 20, 2008
MyFox Kansas City,Methadone is commonly known as drug for heroin addicts but it has a growing use as a pain killer. There's been a 250 percent increase in methadone

Springfield man pleads guilty in methadone sale  -  Mar 20, 2008
Springfield State Journal Register,A 23-year-old Springfield man pleaded guilty Thursday to manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance for selling methadone last month to a man who

Nine Girls Hospitalized After Taking Methadone  -  Mar 20, 2008
MyFox Kansas City,Police believe a 16-year-old boy gave the girls at Spring Valley Middle School in St. Joseph, Missouri methadone. He will now face charges.

Nine girls get sick after taking methadone pills  -  Mar 20, 2008
KHQA,...(AP) -- Nine middle school girls in St. Joseph are hospitalized after taking what's believed to be methadone pills, and a 16-year-old boy has been arrested.

More jobless claims...Wet weather...Methadone sickens middle ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck,...(AP) Nine middle school girls have been hospitalized in Missouri after police say they ate methadone pills given to them by a 16-year-old boy.

Nine middle schoolers sickened by methadone  -  Mar 20, 2008
WLOS,...(AP) -- Police in St. Joseph, Missouri, are charging a 16-year-old high school boy with giving methadone pills to nine middle school girls.

Residents resist methadone clinic plan  -  Mar 20, 2008
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,Some residents who live near the site of a proposed methadone clinic have expressed concerns to township manager John Finnerty. “A lot of people have been

Methadone addiction workshop set for April 7  -  Mar 19, 2008
Northern Daily News,The Timiskaming Health Unit in conjunction with Timiskaming Addictions and Mental Heath will be presenting a workshop on methadone maintenance treatment on

After beating on bus, victim rebuilding life  -  Mar 21, 2008
Baltimore Sun,27 bus in Hampden that would take her and her boyfriend downtown to a methadone clinic. She had eaten lunch at a soup kitchen that day.

Birkhead: Anna Nicole's Son Stole Her Methadone  -  Mar 18, 2008
AHNThe autopsy report showed that he died of an accidental overdose of methadone and the anti-depressants Lexapro and Zoloft. The inquest also revealed that

Sounding the alarm on methadone  -  Mar 18, 2008
Laconia Citizen,Of particular concern is the high number of fatal overdoses linked to methadone. There were 168 overdose deaths in the Granite State last year compared to

Methadone story has familiar ring  -  Mar 18, 2008
Citizens Voice,Kidder Township residents have legitimate fears about a methadone clinic coming to an abandoned gas station near White Haven. But experience shows not all

Methadone a huge problem in NH  -  Mar 17, 2008
Worcester Telegram,AP CONCORD, NH— More people are dying of drug overdoses in New Hampshire than in car crashes, with methadone the cause of death in most of the cases.

Further tests on toddler killed by methadone  -  Mar 18, 2008
BirminghamMail.net,FURTHER tests have been ordered on the body of a Birmingham toddler who is believed to have died from an overdose of methadone. A post-mortem examination

NH in top five in methadone deaths  -  Mar 16, 2008
Foster's Daily Democrat,By ROBERT M. COOK Methadone is playing a prominent role in surging drug overdose deaths in Maine and New Hampshire. Maine leads the nation in Methadone

Tory MSP Labels Methadone Users As 'Fat, Dumb & Happy'  -  Mar 17, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,The MSP told the BBC's Politics Show: "We have a very high proportion of the drug-using population sitting fat, dumb and happy on methadone.

Methadone tot family's new tragedy as boy hangs himself  -  Mar 17, 2008
Edinburgh Evening News,By ANDREW PICKEN A SECOND tragedy has struck the family of two-year-old methadone victim Derek Doran after his 11-year-old uncle was found dead.

Child dies after swallowing methadone  -  Mar 17, 2008
ic Birmingham.co.uk,It is unclear exactly how the brothers ingested the methadone but they may have mistaken the painkiller for cough mixture. Methadone mimics the effects of

Two men arrested after toddler dies after drinking methadone  -  Mar 17, 2008
InTheNews.co.uk,Two men have been arrested after a two-year-old boy died after drinking the drug methadone. Brandon Davis was taken to Birmingham children's hospital after

Proposed methadone clinic center of Kidder Twp. controversy  -  Mar 17, 2008
Citizens Voice,A proposal to re-purpose the property as a methadone clinic for the treatment of heroin addicts has drawn the ire of nearby residents, thrusting the old gas

Health Department Submits Budget...  -  Mar 24, 2008
WCBC Radio,...they still see over 900 vulnerable community members a year, and help them with services like screenings, inpatient units, methadone clinic services,

Residents Protest Proposed Methadone Clinic In Blair County  -  Mar 15, 2008
WJACtv.com,Residents near a proposed methadone clinic in Blair County came together Saturday for a "peaceful protest." The clinic site would be just blocks from the

Drug addict comments spark storm  -  Mar 16, 2008
BBC News,A senior Tory politician has been criticised after claiming many Scots drug addicts were sitting "fat, dumb and happy" on methadone.

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