Drug Treatment Centers

Addicted to over-the-counter opium: Few realise codeine headache pills come …
Rachel was then referred to an addiction treatment centre – where they proposed putting her on methadone, which is usually used to wean addicts off heroin. 'It was an immense shock,” she says. 'They were saying things like “When did you last shoplift?
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Price of addiction: Opioid treatment should go beyond addictive methadone …
… but have failed to lessen or remove the addicting properties. It is ironical that the opium poppy so closely associated with pain treatment and drug addiction is also the source of three valuable medications used to treat drug overdose and opioid …
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Legislators target heroin distribution
Jim McGreevey, who serves on a state task force on youth heroin and opiate addiction, said these measures are essential components to the larger goal of stemming heroin and prescription painkiller abuse. “If we don't institute systemic changes — basic …
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