Putting Maine on a Path to Prosperity

Putting Maine on a path to prosperity

Filed under: drug addiction help centers

We cannot afford to provide free medical care to able-bodied 19- and 20-year olds, nor can we afford to pay daily taxicab fares for thousands of drug addicts to travel to methadone clinics. Our limited resources have been stretched to the breaking …
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Coakley, other AGs for stricter generic pain reliever standards

Filed under: drug addiction help centers

Tamper and abuse-resistant versions of these products will help fight the ongoing epidemic of prescription drug abuse,” Coakley said in prepared remarks. The letter, signed by 47 other state and territorial attorneys general, says that … Fatal drug …
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Father charged with murder after son's overdose

Filed under: drug addiction help centers

Typically recovering addicts must take the methadone at a treatment center, in front of a treatment worker, often in liquid form, so that the medicinal drug cannot be smuggled and stashed to be sold or saved up for a stronger high. Recovering addicts …
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