Methadone Treatment: Boston’s Only Public Methadone Clinic May Shut – Boston Globe

Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe

Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe
Shutting the clinic, which has offered methadone to opiate addicts for 40 years, would mean that hundreds of clients served every day at the Frontage Road site and at a separate counseling center in the South End would be treated by private providers, …

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City’s methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan – Boston Globe

City's methadone funds could cover broader addiction plan
Boston Globe
The city clinic, on Frontage Road in the South End, has operated for 40 years, since methadone first won approval as a treatment for heroin addiction. Methadone reduces cravings for heroin and helps stave off withdrawal symptoms. The drug was a giant
Boston officials looking to transfer operations of only city run methadone clinicMassLive.com
BPHS proposes closing sole public methadone clinicDaily Free Press (subscription)

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My Neighbor, The Methadone Clinic: Part III – Brooklyn Reader


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My Neighbor, The Methadone Clinic: Part III
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Many people see drug users as underachievers: burnouts of society who turned to substances in order to occupy their time. While this may be true for a percentage of addicts, none of the patients I met with at the START Drug Rehab Treatment Center in

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40% rise in methadone clients over the decade – Irish Medical Times

40% rise in methadone clients over the decade
Irish Medical Times
In excess of 9,500 clients received methadone maintenance treatment in 2013 — an increase of almost 40 per cent from levels in 2003 when the programme commenced, IMT reports. According to end of year totals contained in the National Drugs Strategy …

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