CRACKING down on cannabis February 13, 2006
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia

 

METHADONE overdoses increasing in Maryland
Some doctors who treat chronic pain worry that the rise in
methadone-related deaths -- and greater scrutiny by law enforcement of prescription drug abuse ...
http://www.drug-rehabs.org/content.php?cid=1156&state=Maryland

 

AATOD: AATOD National Conference
It is the view of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates (NAMA)
that everyone  who supports the use of methadone treatment is a potential  methadone...

 

ADDICTS at risk in drug scheme
Toronto Star - Canada
Thousands of addicts in a government-sanctioned treatment program are being put ... The clinics, called Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC), service 4,000 ...
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1140043816775&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

 

NARCONON Celebrates 40 Years Saving Lives
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
"Many are recovered addicts and alcoholics who have found new purpose to dedicate themselves to helping others too overcome addiction." Other Narconon staff ...
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb347432.htm

 

LIMITED Capacity At Rehabilitation Centres, Inmates Freed
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- The number of arrests of drug addicts in Sabah dropped ... "We will make sure the operations against drug addiction is really ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=180641

 

SUPPORT group helps food addicts
Cleveland Sun Newspapers - Cleveland Area,OH,USA
... You'll learn why people are turning to Food Addicts Anonymous. ...About her addiction to eating, she said, "I used to think it's like you're arm-wrestling a cookie ...
http://www.sunnews.com/news/2006/part1/0216/acsupport.htm

 

UCSF Research Pinpoints Brain Molecule's Role in Developing ...
UCSF Today - San Francisco,CA,USA
... the circuitry of addiction for new medicines to counter the craving for drugs of abuse, or to prevent relapse.". Studies have shown that addictsseek treatment ...
http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/cache/news/200602149.html

 

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http://cocaineaddiction.mistaddiction.com/

 

GOOGLE'S China portal hobbles AIDS efforts
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
... in 2003 the country launched programs that provide free condoms, methadone, and even ... doing business in a foreign country should comply with the local laws. ...
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=571

 

NEW drug to fight heroin addiction
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... To prevent this, UNAIDS suggests it be sold only under medical supervision and medical laws be enforced. Methadone: is a synthetic opiod administered orally as ...
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=87527

 

FOUR more Alabama churches are burned
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... the Bibb County fires were civil rights violations under laws covering attacks ... Her latest treatment program, in which she takes methadone and attends Narcotics ...
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/08/backpage/2_7_0616_01_01.txt

 

DRUG Treatment Center Causes More Concern For Town
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... maintain they have not broken any laws and says the doctors at the clinic are licensed by the DEA. Rick Nelson's bill pertaining to future methadone clinics is ...
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4443642&nav=4CAL

 

LAWYERS now leery of malpractice suits
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
... know that you're not supposed to take opiates (such as Lortab) and methadone at the ... to bring a case to trial, but that's true of other types of laws such as ...
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20060204/localnews/63759.shtml

 

LINK of the Week: National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates is leading the fight for acceptance and deregulation of methadone maintenance. "NAMA is not an organization of ...
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/011/link.shtml

 

ANTI-DRUG group sets five goals during meeting
Standard Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA
... to apply for grants from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to enforce underage drinking laws and prosecute ... He said it can be used instead of methadone. ...
http://www.standardspeaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=890&Itemid=2

 

BEING tough on drugs threatens public safety
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
Methadone staves off debilitating withdrawal symptoms, but it does not produce a high ... health crisis is a direct result of zero-tolerance laws that restrict ...
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/01/27/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/6466da1fa6f083b886257103000dd8ca.txt

 

EUROPEAN Commission Approves IONSYS (Fentanyl HCl Iontophoretic ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... with high potential for abuse similar to hydromorphone, methadone, morphine and ... domestic and foreign health care reforms and governmental laws and regulations ...
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=310053&categoryid=29

 

HOLLYWOOD Buzz: Kate Moss, James Frey, Million Little Pieces
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... The state of Cali recognizes drug addiction as a disease and treats it, accordingly. With prisons and jails overpopulated by addicts and alcoholics, real ...
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=6129

 

WASHINGTON can't save us from our addiction to oil
Chester Daily Local Online - Chester,PA,USA
... Addicts have to want to be cured and partake in their treatment. So, we must partake in combating our oil addiction, and we can do that through the homes we ...
http://www.dailylocal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16050892&BRD=1671&PAG=461&dept_id=17785&rfi=6

 

THERAPISTS fear ‘wave' of gambling addicts
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
... in which the alcoholic is usually the last to know he or she has an addiction, Sprague said ... Sprague noted that gambling addicts tend to be more prone to suicide ...
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2006/02/02/news/news004.txt

 

CHANGING the subject, a failed oilman talks about failed oil
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
... Unfortunately, it was the Bush regime's addiction to oil that helped lead it to concoct the rationale to invade Iraq and enrich Dick ... Who are the addicts?
http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/2006_02.php

 

AUTHOR Frey ignites addiction debate
KVUE (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... of whether Mr. Frey belongs to a 12-step program, "he claimed to be a peer" in exposing his addiction, says Tom ... Addicts spend a lot of time being resentful. ...
http://www.kvue.com/sharedcontent/health/stories/013106cckkHEALTHfrey.59fde972.html

 

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DEPENDENCY vs. addiction
Baltimore Sun - United States
... A medication called buprenorphine is available for doctors to ... narcotic painkillers as well as illicit heroin. Until recently, only methadone was available for ...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.drugs02feb02,1,3541480.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines

 

COMMON Anti-Psychotic Drug May Help Opioid Addicts
All Headline News - USA
... of Illinois at Chicago have made a discovery that may aid drug addicts....

that after a few hours of taking the trifluoperazine, the mices'
addiction to morphine ...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002313068

 

KETUM: Boon Or Bane To Addicts?
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... Dr Mustafa said if the government were to allow the usage of ketum to help addicts kick off their opiate addiction, a clinical trial would first be conducted ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=179428

 

FREE CRACK PIPES FOR ADDICTS
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... However, Janice Jess, of the Grampian Addiction Problems Service  Consultancy, said there was no ... this or that but you can pay for pipes for addicts who could ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16682482&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=free-crack-pipes-for-addicts--name_page.html

 

TEEN user hopes for escape from addiction
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
... but my addiction progressed quickly. By the time I was 15 years old I was injecting heroin every day, all day. My friends were all much older drug addicts. ...
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=128764

 

TREATING Gambling Addiction
Central Florida News 13 - Orlando,FL,USA
Now, some says pill used to treat alcoholism may treat gambling addicts. With a look at Your Health I'm Nancy Gay. Lauren Patrizi isn'ta big football fan. ...
http://cfn13.com/story.aspx?sid=13174&id=6

 

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