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Methadone

Here I Am -- Preventing the Spread of HIV

Lucy Chesire | Posted 12.17.2012 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, People Who Inject Drugs, Big-Push, Drug Replacement Therapy, Harm Reduction, Syringe Exchange, Methadone, Pwid, Here I Am Campaign, Video, Impact News
Lucy Chesire

Yevhen's video is a story of hope: a story of a man who received treatment that has helped him find hope, love and a future.

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Methadone Overdose Deaths May Have Peaked: CDC

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 07.03.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Methadone Overdose Deaths, Methadone Deaths, Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths, Methadone, Prescription Drug Deaths, Addiction and Recovery, Methadone Overdose, Video, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA -- Health officials say methadone is involved in nearly one-third of deaths from prescription painkillers. But overdose deaths from methadone ...

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St. Vincent's Hospital Saved My Life After a Drug Overdose

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Catholic Hospital, Greenwich Village, Heroin, St. Vincents, Methadone, New York Magazine, New York News
Blake Fleetwood

Funny how the government is so anxious to bail out the banks, when they can't help a hospital that serves the poor?

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The Deadly Ignorance of "Drug Warriors"

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Australia, Drug Treatment, John Gilbride, Hiv, Clean Needle and Syringe Programs, Switzerland, Vancouver, United Kingdom, Take Charge Take Care, Dea, Legalize Drugs, Addiction, B.C., New York City, Hepatitis, Drug Prevention, Prohibition, Supervised Injection Site, Peter Vallone, Addicts, Heroin for Dummies, Reefer Madness, Drug Warriors, Portugal, Bridget Brennan, Methadone, Drug Czar, Anslinger, Politics News
Norm Stamper

A person addicted to heroin needs the drug as much as a diabetic needs insulin. How he or she gets it is problematic, but until we legalize and tax heroin, we need outreach programs to alleviate suffering and save lives.

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