Methadone Effects : Long-Term Effects of Methadone Addiction in Children

Methadone Effects : Long-Term Effects of Methadone Addiction in Children — When a child is born to a mother with a methadone addiction, that child will usually have a certain sensitivity to the drug, and they can have respiratory pr…

The dilemma of prescription opioids: Shifting attitudes towards the pain patient
Moralism has shaped health provider attitudes toward pain patients, leading to under-use – especially along racial and class-stratified lines – of substitution opioid therapies such as methadone maintenance. Moral beliefs and values have influenced …
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Legislators are told addiction services are fragmented, clients younger
Joan Lovely, left, Jennifer Flanagan and Richard Ross listen to Spectrum Health Care CEO Charles Faris speak about drugs and addiction Monday morning at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner. (ED COLLIER) … "It's like a revolving door through …
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Innocents Lost: Protecting kids with hollow promises
When DCF investigators found they could not rely on the promises of drug-addicted or violent parents, they enlisted relatives or "communities," extracting pledges from grandparents or neighbors to intervene when children were in danger — conscripting …
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