'We Have More Methadone-Addicted Babies' — Minnesota Statewide Plan to …

'We have more methadone-addicted babies' — Minnesota statewide plan to …

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Jesson's department revoked the license of the Lake Superior Treatment Center, Northeastern Minnesota's only methadone clinic for the treatment of drug addiction, on Sept. 21. The clinic appealed and remains open, with a hearing set for Dec. 6. John …
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MN Health and Law Enforcement Officials Work to End Addiction Issues

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Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) – Progress in the field of addiction studies has made leaps and bounds, say officials, and it begins with understanding that addiction is a disease. While CEO for the Duluth Center of Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Gary …
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Inspectors pass different judgments on Duluth methadone clinic

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Violations the state said it found included failing to check that patients were properly using take-home doses of methadone — high-level doses of the drug that are popular on the street; providing false information to investigators; and overworking …
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