Methadone Program Helps Curb Heroin Use, but Medication Can Be a Lifelong Need for Recovered Addicts

Redemption and renewal: Former probation office becomes drug-treatment center
BRADENTON — The first time Pastor Al Davis entered the one-story office building at 1027 Ninth St. W., it was to make probation and victim-restitution payments.

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Strung out, heroin addict says rehab program saved her life
PASADENA Leslie Zimmerman’s first hit of heroin came nearly nine years ago when her boyfriend poured a liquid version of the drug in her nose.

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Methadone program helps curb heroin use, but medication can be a lifelong need for recovered addicts
SANTA CRUZ Nurses dole out methadone doses in paper cups at the Community Clinic. After a morning of handing out the pink, cherry-flavored drug to patients, a fruity aroma hangs in the air near the nurse’s station.

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