Recovering Drug Addict Worries About Baby Detoxing Off Methadone


 

Recovering drug addict worries about baby detoxing off methadone – A young woman, desperate to get clean when she found out she was pregnant, talks about what it took to treat her child. Ashley Whittemore was just three days…

 

Editorial: The politics of pot

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Surely in the old days they'd have been more likely to support a special committee to examine drug addiction and treatment — like, say, the one that Senate President Therese Murray announced just yesterday. Dollar signs really do affect one's point of …
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Is there connection between Type 1 diabetes and cleanliness? Finland serves

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There is no cure, although one promising line of research involves transplanting new insulin-making tissue, called islets, into the pancreas, where insulin is produced. … Microbes found in stool samples from each child and in dust particles from …
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Northern Berkshire YMCA looks to fight opiate abuse with exercise

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The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, which hosted the forum, is working with Berkshire Opioid Abuse and Prevention Collaborative to raise awareness about abuse. In Pittsfield, police attribute most break-ins and shoplifting directly to drugs.
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