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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms.

Opiate Detox – Google News

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City

Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer
Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox …

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Opiate Detox – Google News

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts
Press of Atlantic City
Medicaid is accepted at relatively few facilities, and many insurance companies do not cover treatment because they deem opiate withdrawal “nonlife-threatening,” Manlandro said, whereas alcohol withdrawal is covered. Tonia Ahern, of the Cape May County …

Opiate Detox – Google News

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

South Jersey Short on Treatment Sites for Drug Addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts
Press of Atlantic City
Medicaid is accepted at relatively few facilities, and many insurance companies do not cover treatment because they deem opiate withdrawal “nonlife-threatening,” Manlandro said, whereas alcohol withdrawal is covered. Tonia Ahern, of the Cape May County …

Opiate Detox – Google News

‘We’re all paying:’ Heroin spreads misery in US – Corpus Christi Caller Times

'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
Corpus Christi Caller Times
"If you stood next to somebody and just started a conversation about heroin, you'd hear: 'Oh yeah, my nephew's on heroin. My next-door neighbor's on heroin. My daughter's on heroin,'" says Abbott, who helped her own 27-year-old son through withdrawal

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Heroin has ‘corrosive effect’ in New Hampshire – Concord Monitor

South Jersey Short on Treatment Sites for Drug Addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts
Press of Atlantic City
Medicaid is accepted at relatively few facilities, and many insurance companies do not cover treatment because they deem opiate withdrawal “nonlife-threatening,” Manlandro said, whereas alcohol withdrawal is covered. Tonia Ahern, of the Cape May County …

Opiate Detox – Google News

Heroin has ‘corrosive effect’ in New Hampshire – Concord Monitor

Heroin has 'corrosive effect' in New Hampshire
Concord Monitor
Farnum also runs a six-day medical detox, which is easier to enroll in and tailored for addicts like Tracy, who is still using but mostly just to avoid the severe, flu-like symptoms that come from withdrawal. The problem is the center receives no state

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Opiate Detox – Google News

‘We’re all paying:’ Heroin spreads misery in US – Chronicle-Telegram

South Jersey Short on Treatment Sites for Drug Addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City

South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts
Press of Atlantic City
Medicaid is accepted at relatively few facilities, and many insurance companies do not cover treatment because they deem opiate withdrawal “nonlife-threatening,” Manlandro said, whereas alcohol withdrawal is covered. Tonia Ahern, of the Cape May County …

Opiate Detox – Google News

Heroin has ‘corrosive effect’ in New Hampshire – Concord Monitor

Heroin has 'corrosive effect' in New Hampshire
Concord Monitor
Farnum also runs a six-day medical detox, which is easier to enroll in and tailored for addicts like Tracy, who is still using but mostly just to avoid the severe, flu-like symptoms that come from withdrawal. The problem is the center receives no state

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Opiate Detox – Google News

‘We’re all paying:’ Heroin spreads misery in US – Chronicle-Telegram

Heroin Use in Oregon: Portland’s Central City Concern Claims High Treatment … – the Oregonian

Heroin use in Oregon: Portland’s Central City Concern claims high treatment … – The Oregonian


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Heroin use in Oregon: Portland's Central City Concern claims high treatment
The Oregonian
The worst was heroin. In 1997 he got sober, and in 1999 he joined Central City Concern, then a burgeoning outfit. Fitzgerald saw that the usual path for treating addiction wasn't working. Addicts were processed through detox for seven or eight days
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in USChronicle-Telegram

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem – The Evening Sun

Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem
The Evening Sun
Users, however, build up a tolerance over time, and they have to use the drug just to avoid withdrawal symptoms. "You can die from alcohol withdrawal, and you can die from benzodiazepine withdrawal," he said. "You don't die from heroin withdrawal or

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