Amendment would crack down on street sales of opiate treatment drug
They also say their Hub and Spoke system – a regional network of centers that specialize in addiction treatment and “regular” doctors who prescribe buprenorphine – is designed to cut down on waitlists. Buprenorphine prescribers who choose to be …
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Dirty needles suspected in hepatitis C spread
The Duluth-based Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment and the Rural AIDS Action Network proposed the exchange for the neighborhood that also included Last Place on Earth, a head shop that once sold synthetic drugs. Duluth City Council President Linda …
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Northern Kentuckians Share Thoughts on Heroin Epidemic With U.S. Sen. Mitch …
McConnell held court at the Northern Kentucky Area Development District building for a 90-minute discussion that featured panelists with first-hand knowledge of the drug's impact, including law enforcement officials, opiate treatment specialists …
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