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Finding A Workable Methadone Detox Has Never Been More Crucial written by Rod MacTaggart
As the death toll from methadone soars across the country and methadone addiction continues to rise, the need for effective treatment has never been more important.

Methadone Detox That Works Means A Drug Free Life Is Possible written by Rod MacTaggart
The result of so-called ‘treatment’ for opioid addiction with methadone is simply a life-long methadone addiction. Real treatment means helping opioid addicts become drug free, and such treatment now is available.

Ireland’s Drug Czar Condemns Long-Term Methadone Maintenance written by Rod MacTaggart
The Obama administration and all state legislatures could learn a lesson from Ireland, where John Curran, Ireland’s minister for drugs strategy, has called for a review of methadone addiction, and how effective methadone programs actually are at getting people drug-free.

Hundreds Of Babies Suffer Methadone Detox Because Of ‘Harm Reduction’ Programs written by Rod MacTaggart
There’s nothing like listening to the screams of a newborn infant forced to withdraw from methadone to change your mind about so-called ‘harm reduction’ programs like free methadone for opioid-addicted women.

New Research Suggests ‘Safer’ Use, But Methadone Detox Still A Problem written by Rod MacTaggart
Scientists say they are close to learning how to make methadone prescribing less dangerous, but methadone addiction, injuries and deaths continue to soar.

Life After Successful Methadone Detox Is Like Getting Out Of Prison written by Rod MacTaggart
Giving someone a methadone addiction is like putting that person in a prison where they are not confined by walls but by their dependence on the drug, says a detox expert, and getting off the drug is like getting out of jail.

New Narcotic Regulations Could Reduce Need For Methadone Detox written by Rod MacTaggart
Soaring rates of methadone addiction and overdose deaths caused by physicians’ inappropriate over-prescribing hopefully will see some relief from the Food and Drug Administration’s revised narcotic prescribing regulations expected later this year.

Methadone Detox Widely Unavailable For High-Dose Methadone Addicts written by Rod MacTaggart
Few methadone detox or rehab facilities will accept addicts taking more than 80 milligrams per day, making methadone addiction almost untreatable in this country -- but new detox protocols are offering help.

As Medical Use Expands, The Need For Methadone Detox Increases written by Rod MacTaggart
Methadone addiction is a growing problem as doctors freely prescribe the powerfully addictive narcotic painkiller for common aches and pains.

Real Drug Rehab, Not Methadone, Gives Addicts Their Lives Back written by Rod MacTaggart
A drug rehab program does not substitute one addictive substance for another

Drug Detox and Rehab May Finally Replace Methadone for Heroin Addicts written by Gloria MacTaggart
A good drug detox program followed by rehab has greater than 10 times the success of methadone treatment. In fact, methadone doesn’t even work as well as cold turkey.

Drug Detox for Prescription Painkillers Again? When Will We Learn Our Lesson? written by Gloria MacTaggart
A good drug detox program was the only hope for those duped by OxyContin, now the same is in the cards for methadone

Methadone Addiction is No Longer a Necessary Treatment for Heroin Addiction written by Gloria MacTaggart
Methadone detox in a good drug detox center can get you through methadone addiction and back to a life without drugs

Methadone Detox Should Be Considered by Anyone Taking Methadone written by Gloria MacTaggart
Methadone addiction is thought to be less dangerous than other drugs. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Drug Detox Helps a Person Through Withdrawal: Methadone Delays It written by Gloria MacTaggart
A drug detox program for heroin addiction could prevent death by methadone

Methadone Detox Should Be Used to Get Former Heroin Addicts Drug Free written by Gloria MacTaggart
A good methadone detox program can give heroin addicts what they were really looking for – freedom from drugs

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