Two-year MaineCare cutoff for opiate addiction drugs kicks in Tuesday
Both of those funding decreases, which are part of overall state budget cuts, come at a time when Maine reports the highest per capita rate of people seeking treatment for opiate addiction in the country. Roy Miller, a physician who practices at …
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Heroin deaths creep up statewide as other opiates become too expensive
Following a statewide war against prescription drug abuse, there are early signs of growing heroin use as an alternative to opiate pills, which are becoming harder and more expensive to get. In an analysis of drug-related deaths for 2011, the Florida …
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High Today, Gone Tomorrow: Why Opiate Addicts Die
Opiate addicts die from overdose, suicide, disease, violence and from various aspects of withdrawal and drug treatment – most notably opioid replacement therapies and rapid detox. But while this might seem like a modern problem, the only the only thing …
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Children Services to tackle parental substance abuse
Summit County Children Services soon will launch a major, multiyear research project focused on parents addicted to drugs and alcohol — one of the big reasons kids end up in the child welfare system. The agency nabbed a $ 2.5 million grant from the U.S …
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