Methadone Diversion Needs Quick Attention ; with the Nation's Highest Percentage of Deaths From the Drug, Maine Needs to Act.
Portland Press Herald › March 12, 2008
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The effects of almost all heavy-duty pain-control medications that make them so powerful at bringing relief to those suffering from cancer and other serious medical conditions are the same features that can make them deadly if they are abused.
And Maine is the top state in the country for the abuse of methadone on a per-capita basis. That drug is now responsible for more deaths in Maine than OxyContin, a powerful opiate with a long- lasting effect that was in high demand among drug abusers in the first half of the current decade.See the full content of this document
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Methadone Diversion Needs Quick Attention ; with the Nation's Highest Percentage of Deaths From the Drug, Maine Needs to Act.
Abuse rates for methadone are growing nationally as well.
The state has seen many problems with ...See the full content of this document
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