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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
Methadone has been involved in a growing number of drug overdoses, but diversion from methadone clinics is not the source of the problem, according to officials at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
"While deaths involving methadone increased, experiences in several states show that addiction treatment programs are not the culprits," said H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
Clark's comments reflected the findings of an expert policy panel, convened in 2003, which recently stated in Methadone-Associated Mortality, Report of a National Assessment that "although the data remain incomplete ...
The Associated Press reported April 9 that the state of West Virginia, concerned over rising methadone overdoses, has put a moratorium on opening new methadone clinics.
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Posted on April 10, 2007 11:00 PM
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