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MAP: Drug Policy Links
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The Media Awareness Project. This directory contains 343 links. We recommend the following:. Our mission is to distribute accurate and unbiased news about marijuana, cannabis, and hemp. Features: Commentary, Search Engine, Chat, Forum, News. Last-modified: Mon Aug 22 2016. URL: http:/ www.cannabisnews.com/. Common Sense For Drug Policy. Features: Commentary, Policy, Publications, Press Releases, Search Engine, Research, Speakers, News. Last-modified: Tue 23 Aug 2016. URL: http:/ www.csdp.org/. Features: ...
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News & Media: IRETA Developes Guidelines for the Management of Benzodiazepines in MAT
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Friday, November 01, 2013. IRETA Developes Guidelines for the Management of Benzodiazepines in MAT. November 1, 2013. Recommendations from the expert panel members include:. Individuals who use benzodiazepines, even if used as a part of long-term therapy, should be considered at risk for adverse drug reactions including overdose and death. Many people presenting to services have an extensive history of multiple substance dependence and all substance abuse, including benzodiazepines, should be actively ad...
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News & Media: March 2013
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013. SMART Act Implementation Status Report. Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. March 19, 2013. Senate Appropriation Committee Hearing. Http:/ www.methadone.org/downloads/documents/2013 0319IHFS-SMARTActImplementationReport.pdf. Joycelyn Woods, Executive Director. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Opiate Addiction RX In the News. Subscribe To NAMA's Blog News. Alcohol and drug news from JoinTogether.org. SMART Act Implementation Status Report.
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News & Media: May 2012
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Sunday, May 27, 2012. Clinicians Say Giving Addicts Maintenance Methadone Serves Them and Society Best. By Christopher Williams, Sun Journal. May 27, 2012. When Zachary Tomaselli was sent to prison for sex crimes last month, he asked the judge to delay his sentence for a week. The Lewiston man said he needed those seven days to wean himself off methadone, the drug he had been getting at a clinic to help him kick a prescription drug habit. That’s $5,140 per MaineCare patient per year. According to Susan S...
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News & Media: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Reckitt Benckiser may sell pharmaceuticals business. Reuters) - Reckitt Benckiser may sell its. Unit, which has been suffering from declining sales of its main heroin addiction drug, to focus on growing consumer health and household cleaning products businesses. The British consumer goods group said on Tuesday it was reviewing options for the pharmaceuticals business, which analysts said could fetch over 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) and appeal to international drugmakers.
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News & Media: Experts Challenge Decision That Would Make New Jersey the First State to Effectively Outlaw Methadone Treatment for Pregnant Women
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Experts Challenge Decision That Would Make New Jersey the First State to Effectively Outlaw Methadone Treatment for Pregnant Women. AT Forum January 15, 2014. In 2013, more than 50 national and international experts published an open letter urging that media coverage of prenatal exposure to opioids be based on science, not stigma and misinformation. This letter is available Here. Resource: Experts to New Jersey Supreme Court. Source: National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
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News & Media: August 2011
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Friday, August 26, 2011. ASAM Redefines Addiction as a Brain Disease. ASAM Redefines Addiction as a Brain Disease. August 26, 2011 (Friday). The new definition resulted from an intensive, 4-year process with more than 80 experts actively working on it, including top addiction authorities, addiction medicine clinicians, and leading neuroscience researchers from across the country. The full Public Policy Statement on addiction also includes this short version of the definition:. Two decades of advancements...
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News & Media: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 06, 2015. Maine Governor Proposes Dramatic Patient Shift from Methadone to Buprenorphine. May 6, 2015. By Alison Knopf, Contributing Writer. The proposal follows years of the governor’s efforts to cut back on or eliminate MaineCare funding for methadone and buprenorphine. Maine did not expand Medicaid, which means that there is an even greater demand for treatment than is reflected in the current MaineCare rolls. The state’s view. But the proposal is not designed to save costs, according t...