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New Blog – Study: Methadone Clinics Don’t Bring Crime to Neighborhoods
In a well-designed study published online ahead of print in Addiction, March 2, 2012, investigators compared data from a computer listing of all FBI reports of serious crimes in specific areas of Baltimore: methadone treatment centers, convenience stores, residential points, and general medical hospitals. The study team found no significant increase in crime around methadone treatment centers or general hospitals-but it did find significantly higher crime counts close to convenience stores.
The authors note that the finding “should lead to greater availability of methadone maintenance treatment for the many persons who need it.”
AT Forum Volume 22, #1 – Winter 2012
Denying Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in the Criminal Justice System—Is It Legal?- SAMHSA Panel Concludes No Mandatory ECG Testing for OTP Patients
- Prospective Employer Must Pay $37,500 for Not Hiring Methadone Patient
- Vermont to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction Using a Managed Care Approach
- Patient Advocacy Group Works to Improve Treatment in NY OTPs
- Study Finds No Evidence That Methadone Was Cause of Driving Accidents
- PRACTICE POINTERS: How to Effectively Treat Veterans Using Medication-Assisted Treatment
- Improving Public Health Worldwide Through Medication-Assisted Treatment
- Events
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News & Updates.. – May 11, 2012: Issue 167
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
Addiction
- Hooked: Why Bad Habits are Hard to Break – 60 Minutes Interview with NIDA’s Dr. Nora Volkow
- Scientific American: This is Our Society on Drugs: Top 5 Infographics
Pregnancy and Opioid Abuse
- About One Baby Born Each Hour Addicted to Opiate Drugs in U.S., U-M Study Shows
- Tennessee Hospital Seeing More Babies Born Exposed to Prescription Drugs
- Drug Addiction, ‘Personhood’ and the War on Women
Heroin Research
- Heroin Addicts Have Higher Pain Sensitivity, Even During Treatment
- Heroin Users are Fitter Than You Think
Prescription Drugs Studies
Naloxone in the News
Buprenorphine in the News
News & Updates.. – April 20, 2012: Issue 166
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Media Coverage of National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Orlando, Florida
- A Fog of Drugs and War
- Painkillers Alter How Addicts Relate to Themselves, Others
- Research Study: Technique Rewrites Addicts’ Memories
- Naloxone Debate: FDA Hears Testimony About Making an Overdose Antidote Nonprescription
- Antidote (Naloxone) Hard To Find As Heroin Death Toll Rises
GOVERMENT
HIV/AIDS AND HEPATITIS C
- L.A. Moves the Needle – The City’s Early Action in AIDS/HIV Prevention by Providing a Needle Exchange Program Proved to be Prescient. Now is no Time to Back Off
- HCV Vaccine Possibly Within Reach
News & Updates – April 13, 2012: Issue 165
MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) AND OPIOID ABUSE/ADDICTION
- Wisconsin Association of Perinatal Care (WAPC) Newborn Withdrawal Project Educational Toolkit Now Available Online
- Buprenorphine Now More Likely than Methadone to Be Found in U.S. Law Enforcement Drug Seizures
- Painkiller Sales Soar Around U.S., Fuel Addiction
BENZODIAZEPINES
- Why Xanax is the Most Popular Anti-Anxiety Drug in America
- Study: Benzodiazepine Update: Alprazolam and Other Benzodiazepine Use Among People Who Inject Drugs
GOVERMENT