Methadone 'Should Continue to Be Central Drug Addict Treatment'

Methadone 'should continue to be central drug addict treatment'

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Methadone should continue to be a central treatment for recovering heroin addicts, a Scottish Government-commissioned panel has found. The group had been gathering evidence on the effectiveness of opioid replacement therapies in treating people with …
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Let NC lead the way on treating addicts

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Treatment for drug addiction is time-consuming and costly. We threw tens of thousands of dollars at our son's addiction, but the three 28-day programs he tried were ineffective. He broke rules and was expelled from two of them, and he relapsed days …
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Addiction treatment curbs crime: PANL

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“We think we need to start asking for more services that can help (drug addicts), because the only thing that can stop these robberies from occurring — and they're going to increase — is when addiction programs are effective,” said Stephen Reid, PANL …
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