Best Treatment for Painkiller Addiction – Ray Caesar, Opioid Treatment Authority, Oklahoma Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, addresses the Tribal Forum on Painkiller Addiction, June 21, 2012, at Absentee Shawnee Counseling Services, identifying the SAMHSA evidence-based best practices for opiate addiction. He discusses Medication Assisted Treatment and the use of methadone. For more information see ascs-okc.com
Drug clinic says it will open despite objections
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A Cincinnati-based drug treatment group said it plans to open a clinic just south of downtown Dayton in the coming months to treat addicts of heroin and other opiates. They hope to do so despite the fact that Chaminade-Julienne High School, Miami … Read more on Dayton Daily News
New program helps youths struggling with opioid addiction
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The Regional Opioid Intervention Service aims to stop addiction early by treating patients under 30 who have been using for five years or less. “It's the early intervention,” said Dr. Kim Corace, the project co-ordinator. Young people now are more … Read more on Ottawa Citizen