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  EUROPE: Substitution Treatment is Now Widespread in the European Union (NEW: April 15) full text
  MALAYSIA: Caries and Oral Pain Status Among Malaysian Drug Addicts (NEW:April 12) full text
  ADDICTION TREATMENT WORKS (NEW: May 9) full text
  FRANCE: Urine Testing Should be Used as Clinical Guide Not Punitive Measure (New: May 30) full text
  USA: A Look at Opioid Overdoses and Treatment (NEW: July 25) full text
  USA: Vermont moves closer to opening its first methadone maintenance program (NEW:July 30) full text
  UK: Experience with marked expansion of Methadone treatment (NEW: Aug 1) full text
  OSLO, NORWAY: Europe's drug overdose capital (NEW: Aug 12) full text
  WARNING: RE: Concomitant Use of AGENERASE and Methadone (NEW: Aug 15) full text
  CHINA: Plans to Introduce Methadone Maintenance to Help as a New ANTI-AIDS Strategy (NEW: Aug 20) full text
  HONG KONG: Report by UNAIDS of the Methadone Treatment Programme (NEW: Aug 28) full text
  USA: Changes in Methadone Treatment Practices: Results From a National Panel Study (NEW: Aug 28) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Needle Syringe Programme (NSP) Booklet (NEW: Sept 10) full text
  USA & CANADA: Addiction Treatment Need and Response – Not Only in Megalopolis (NEW: Sept 30) full text
  CANADA: Report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs: Cannabis (NEW: Sept 30) full text
  USA: The FDA announced its approval of Subutex and Suboxone for the treatment of opioid addiction (NEW: Oct 9) full text
  USA, PA: Short-term Inmate Gets OK to Take Methadone(NEW: Oct 14) full text
  FRANCE: Reincarceration Less Likely Among Inmates Who Receive Maintenance Treatment While Incarcerated (NEW: Oct 15) full text
  NORWAY: Debate on Narcotics (NEW: Dec 2) full text
  IRAN: Brief Overview of the Status of Drug Abuse in Iran (NEW: Jan 6) full text
  USA, CONNECTICUT: Clinic has Good Record; Methadone Service Sees Little Trouble (NEW: Jan 7) full text
  NEW YORK CITY (USA): Heroin Addiction Increasing Among Young (NEW: Mar 25'03) full text
  USA: Needles without scripts illegal in five states (NEW: Mar 27'03) full text
  ITALY: Methadone acceptance with caveats (NEW: April 8'03) full text
  CANADA: Pharmacists buck methadone law (NEW: April 14'03) full text
  EUROPE: Need for common approach to drugs in enlarged EU(NEW: April 17'03) full text
  MASSACHUSETTS, USA: Budget Cuts Negatively Impact Methadone Maintenance Patients (NEW: April 22'03) full text
  TENNESSEE, USA: More Budget Cuts Take Toll on Methadone Patients (NEW: April 24'03) full text
  UK: Just say no to a drugs policy that doesn't work:UN and American attempts to enforce total prohibition are sheer folly(NEW:April 24'03) full text
  SCOTLAND: Police Call for Legalizing All Drugs (NEW: April 20'06) full text
  CSAT WARNING: RE: Illegal Buprenorphine Compounding/Dispensing (NEW: April 20'06) full text
  ADDICTION AS A BRAIN DISEASE (NEW: April 25'06) full text
  PAKISTAN TRAGEDY AND AMERICA'S CONTINUED LOSING WAR AGAINST DRUGS (NEW: April 25'06) full text
  GERMANY: Planning 'Heroin Therapy by Year End (NEW: May 4'06) full text
  CANADA, St. John's, Newfoundland: Methadone Treatment Expansion Needed (NEW: May 4'06) full text
  USA - Methadone: Inaction Despite Consensus (NEW: June 3'03) full text
  Recent Findings: Management of Opioid Dependence (NEW: June 16'03) full text
  SWEDEN: Policies that Ignore the Evidence (NEW: June 16'03) full text
  USA: Opioid Treatment Programs Can Now Offer Buprenorphine (NEW: June 12'03) full text
  AIDS IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE: Stigmatixation and harrassment of drug users contribute to the problem (New: July 14'03) full text
  GREECE: Heroin Overdose Deaths Decline for First time Since 1990: Officials Credit Methadone Treatment (New: July 14'03) full text
  USA: The American Osteopathic Association Takes Strong Stand on Methadone Maintenance and Breastfeeding (NEW: July 22'03) full text
  SWITZERLAND: Ultrarapid Detoxification Not Successful in Maintaining Abstinence (NEW: Jly 29'03) full text
  SUMMER 2003 GOOD & BAD NEWS: Opioid Addiction Treatment Worldwide (NEW: Aug 28'03) full text
  IMPORTANT NOTICE: ORLAAM PRODUCTION STOPS (NEW: Sept 4'03) full text
  Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Buprenorphine (NEW: Oct 2'03) full text
  USA: Reaching Out Successfully (NEW: Oct 6'03) full text
  IRAN: Randomized IV Buprenorphine Trial Results (NEW: Oct 6'03) full text
  USA: Doctors May Not be Punished for Recommending Medical Marijuana (NEW: Oct 16'03) full text
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  EUROPE: News from the European Monitoring Centre Drugs and Drug Addictionfull text
  SWITZERLAND: Methadone Injecting and a Seemingly Effective Response (New: Jan 5'04) full text
  IRAN: Earthquake in Kerman. Many aspects of the catastrophe, many pragmatic and compassionate responses (NEW: Jan 6'04) full text
  SINGAPORE’S DEATH TRAP (NEW: Jan 20'04) full text
  GERMANY: latrogenic benzodiazepine addiction – First Malpractice Judgement (New: Jan 22'04) full text
  PORTUGAL: Sometimes Logic Overcomes Politics (NEW: Jan 29'04) full text
  AFGHANISTAN: Bumper Crop of Afghan Opium (NEW: Feb 2’04) full text
  EDITORIAL: DRUG COURTS: defining and measuring success (NEW: Feb 5'04) full text
  IRAN:leadership demonstrates willingness to address the drugs and HIV-AIDS epidemics with pragmatism (NEW: Feb 17'04) full text
  GERMANY: Methadone Comes to Markt Schaben (NEW: Feb 23'04) full text
  UPDATE FROM NORWAY: STILL not good!(NEW: March 2'04) full text
  US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT: "Methadone Deaths Not Linked to Misuse of Methadone from Treatment Programs" (NEW:March 2'04) full text
  MALAYSIA: Government Begins Opiate Substitution Treatment (New: March 16'04) full text
  NETHERLANDS: Conservative CDA Government Supports Expansion of "FREE HEROIN PROGRAM" (NEW: March 22'04) full text
  SCOTLAND: Glasgow faces crisis in methadone service (NEW: Mar 30'04) full text
  MISINFORMATION LINGERS (AND SPREADS) RE "METHADONE DEATHS" (NEW: April 5'04) full text
  LIVER TRANSPLANTS AND METHADONE TREATMENT(NEW:April 21'04) full text
  USA: Director of National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), Dr. Nora Volkow, testifies before congressional committee (NEW: May 4'04) full text
  USA -VERMONT: Methadone Treatment Coverage by Private Insurers (NEW: May 06'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: The 15th Int’l Conference of the Reduction of Drug Related Harm was recently held in Melbourne(NEW:May 6'04) full text
  USA: BUPRENORPHINE: Proposed Elimination of 30-Patient Limit, But…(NEW: May 10'04) full text
  Germany: 2004 Annual Report on the State of the Drugs Problem Just Released (NEW: May 10'05) full text
  INDONESIA: “Methadone Gives Heroin Addicts Hope” (NEW: May 13’04) full text
  USA: Voice of Reason & Pragmatism - from Vermont (NEW: May 24'04) full text
  USA- New Mexico: Physicians Speak Out for Methadone in Jails (NEW: June 7'04) full text
  RUSSIA: Seeking balance in drug-use sentencing (NEW: June 15'04) full text
  GERMANY: Annual Day of “Protest, Action and Mourning” full text
  EUROPE: Addiction Treatment "Getting Better" (NEW: July 6'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: A Resolution Rejecting Needle Exchange in Prison (NEW: July 8'04) full text
  INDIA: A “Traditional Substitution” for Opiate Dependence (NEW: July 19'04) full text
  METHADONE PLUS HAART "can be implemented with good results" (NEW: July 20'04) full text
  CHINA: Government slowly introduces Methadone treatment for opiate addiction (NEW: Aug 11'04) full text
  METHADONE: Continuing "methadone woes" NOT attributed to addiction treatment programs (NEW: Aug 19'04) full text
  USA: Endorsement of Methadone Treatment in Prison (New: Aug 26'04) full text
  USA: VIRGINIA: Woman Jailed for Listening to Doctor(NEW: Aug 31'04) full text
  GERMANY: Drug Deaths in Decline:Great News, Poor Explanation (NEW: Sept 7'04) full text
  USA: Buprenorphine Slow to Catch on Among Physicians (NEW: Oct 8'04) full text
  UK: Drug Users Fear that Doctors Office that Saved Them Will Be Forced to Close(NEW: Oct 12'04) full text
  USA: The National Institute on Drug Abuse Responds to Harm Reduction Coalition Affirming the Research and Effectiveness of Needle Exchange (NEW: Oct 12'2004) full text
  GERMANY: Two German Advocacy Groups Apporach 15TH Anniversary (New: Oct 14'04) full text
  WORLDWIDE NEWS: Methadone Treatment Becomes a Reality in Moldova (New: Nov. 7’04) full text
  USA: Women in State and Federal Prisons Reach All-time High and Growing Fast (NEW: Nov 8'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Methadone “Take Away” Practices Down Under (NEW: Nov 11'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Buprenorphine “Take-Away” Rules Down Under(NEW: Nov 11'04) full text
  RUSSIA: Land of Opportunity! (NEW: Nov 14'04) full text
  ARIZONA, USA: Nimby (Not in my back yard) Goes to New Extremes (NEW: Nov 14'04) full text
  BRAZIL: Drug Policy Changes from Law Enforcement to Health Policy (NEW: Nov 14'04) full text
  CHINA: New Clinics Help Addicts Quit Drugs(New: Nov 19'04) full text
  USA: Buprenorphine 2 Years After Approval(NEW: Nov 22'04) full text
  GERMANY: Common Sense Reigns! (NEW: Nov 22'04) full text
  CANADA, New Brunswick: Government Funds Expansion of Methadone Treatment(NEW: Dec 13'04) full text
  EUROPE: The official European drug report shows achievements as well as what still needs to be done (NEW: Dec 13'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Mystery Surrounding Outbreak of Desquamating Rash Among Patients Using Methadone(NEW: Dec 20'04) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Where there’s commitment, Treatment Expansion is Achievable(NEW:Dec 20'04) full text
  ADA lawsuit maintains "addiction is a disease," and medication prescribed for it should be determined by physicians(NEW: Dec 21'04) full text
  USA: Increases in Methadone-Associated Deaths Related to use as an Analgesic(NEW: Dec 26'04) full text
  GERMANY: Police Tactics Against Drug Users (NEW: Jan 18'2005) full text
  POLAND: Course Reversal: Moving From "Zero Tolerance"vToward Eased Drug Laws (NEW: Jan 18'05) full text
  USA: Methadone Clinic Opposition Coast to Coast (New: Jan 24'05) full text
  AUSTRALIA : Narcotic Overdose Deaths Drop Along With "a complementary increase in the number of people on methadone and buprenorphine treatment." (NEW: Jan 24'05) full text
  USA: Methadone for Pain Found to be Source of “Diversion and Abuse” (NEW: Jan 31'05) full text
  CLINICAL NEWS: Updated Cochrane Review on Buprenorphine for Withdrawal(NEW: Feb 1'05) full text
  USA: Robert G. Newman, MD Testified before the US House of Representatives in a Hearing on Harm Reduction or Harm Maintenance: Is There Such a Thing As Safe Drug Abuse?"(New: Feb 24'05) full text
  FRANCE: Complications of Intravenous Drug Abuse(New: Mar 7'05) full text
  METHADONE :Collaborative Study on Methadone Treatment in Indonesia, Lithuania and Thailand (New: Mar 7'05) full text
  MALAYSIA: A Strong Endorsement of "Substitution Treatment" with Methadone(NEW: Mar 22'05) full text
  VANCOUVER, CANADA: Heroin Users Receive Prescription Heroin(Mar. 22'05) full text
  HIV & IDUs: Negative Attitudes Among Physicians May Lead to Less Than Optimal Care for IDUs and Other Marginalized Populations(NEW: Apr 4'05) full text
  NEW ZEALAND: Evidence of Methadone Maintenance Efficacy in HEP-C Prevention(New: Apr 4'05) full text
  USA: Drug Courts Criticized as "Plea Bargain Mills" (NEW: Apr4'05) full text
  London, UK: Highlights from the 2005 National Drug Treatment Conference, February 21-22, 2005 (NEW: Apr 10'05) full text
  SWITZERLAND: Methadone Treatment in Addicted Pregnant Women & Outcome of the Offspring (NEW: May 2'05) full text
  CANADA: The Never Ending Threat to Treatment and Harm Reduction - The Evidence Be Damned? (NEW: May 2'05) full text
  METHADONE DOSE: Start Low, Go Slow, Aim High (NEW: May 9'05) full text
  IRAN: A Just-Published Study Concludes "Harm Reduction Programs Should Be Expanded (NEW: May 9'05) full text
  EDMONTON, CANADA, An Editorial Headlining Burenorphine as a "New Hope for Heroin Addicts." (NEW: May 9'05) full text
  USA- NEW YORK CITY: The Dept. of Health Helps Residents Quit Smoking (NEW: May 10'05) full text
  METHADONE: Effect on QTc Interval (NEW: May 10'05) full text
  Australia: Buprenorphine Diversion and Injecting an Emerging Issue?full text
  USA - New York City: Read & Comment of the Report of the NYC Commission on HIV/AIDS (NEW: May 26'05) full text
  CANADA - Alberta: College of Physicians and Surgeons Urges Methadone Prescribing by Family Doctors (NEW: May 31'05) full text
  Australia: Study Explores Cost Effectiveness of Buprenorphine vs. Methadone Maintenance in a Primary Care Setting(NEW: May 31'05) full text
  Anesthesia-Assisted Rapid Detox (AROD): Quantifying Withdrawal within 24 Hrs after AROD(NEW: May 31'05) full text
  AUSTRALIA: A Community Pharmacy Advertises Opiate Agonist Dispensing Services (NEW: June 9'05) full text
  Thailand: Reports of Medieval “Treatment” of Addiction(New: Jan 23'06) full text
  USA-IDAHO: Law Would Punish (by up to 5 years in prison) any Illicit Drug Use by Pregnant Women (NEW: March 2'06) full text
  CANADA: "Addict Fights for Lifesaver; Troubled by Decision to Cut Methadone"(NEW:March 6'06) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Generalist Physicians Advocate Applying Principles of Harm Reducation(NEW: Mar 16'06) full text
  GERMANY’S HEROIN TRIAL: hold the applause (NEW: March 24'06) full text
  TAIWAN: HARM REDUCITON EFFORTS EXPANDED (NEW: Mar 27'06) full text
  USA, Albany: U.S. district attorney has advice for Canada: don't emulate U.S. drug laws (NEW: May 4'06) full text
  CANADA, Vancouver: United Nations Special Envoy Speaks Candidly on Epidemics of Drug Use and HIV/AIDS (New: May 4'05) full text
  Harm Reduction and Treatment (New: May 4'06) full text
  USA-San Francisco: SF Chronical Laments Mexican Reversal in Drug Policy (NEW: May 8'06) full text
  USA, VERMONT: Methadone Clinic Draws Praise from Governor, Others (NEW: May 18'06) full text
  AUSTRALIA: What's Up Down Under? (NEW: May 22'06) full text
  UK: Independent Panel Including Health Workers and Senior Police Officers "Backs Drug-Injecting Rooms (NEW: May 23'06) full text
  SCOTLAND: Outrageous Discussion of Putting Birth Control into Women Methadone Patient's Medication (NEW: May 23'06) full text
  USA: On AIDS Response, US "A Leader" Globally, but Failing at Home (NEW: June 1'06) full text
  "SUBSTITUTION" TREATMENT FOR HEROIN DEPENDENCE (NEW: June 1'06) full text
  RUSSIA: Putin Tells Officials to Spread Word on AIDS Dangers (NEW: June 1'06) full text
  SWITZERLAND-Zurich: Liberal Drug Policy Associated with Marked Decline in Addiction Incidence (NEW: June 6'06) full text
  SWITZERLAND: A Comprehensive and Very Current Analysis of "Substitution" Treatment (NEW: June 8'06) full text
  AUSTRALIA: While Many Strive to “Mainstream” Treatment of Addiction...(NEW: Jun 22'06) full text
  AUSTRALIA: Methadone on Installments (NEW: Jun 22'06) full text
  USA-NEW YORK: Beth Israel Celebrates 40 Years of Methadone Maintenance (NEW: Jun 22'06) full text
  GERMANY: Rationality Reigns with Support in High Places (NEW: June 26'06) full text
  SCOTLAND: Electrotherapy for Addiction (NEW: June 26'06) full text
  SPAIN: Dramatic Evidence of Harm Reduction Efficacy (NEW: June 26'06) full text
  HARM REDUCTION AS A STRATEGY FOR SMOKERS (NEW: June 26'06) full text
  USA: Congressman Davis (D-ILLINOIS) Wants Federal Money to Provide Methadone to 600 Addicts on Waiting List in Chicago (Jul 5'06) full text
  IMPROVING TREATMENT - What Will It Take? (Jul 5'06) full text
  SWITZERLAND: Swiss Drug Policies a Model for Iran (New: Jul 10'07) full text
  GERMANY: Even Conservatives Endorse Heroin Prescribing (New: Jul 10'07) full text
  KUALA LUMPUR: Seizing "The Window of Opportunity" in Containing HIV Among IVDUs (NEW: Jul 12'06) full text
  USA, New Hampshire: Police Chief Endorsement Helps Establishment of First Methadone Clinic in Seacoast (New England) Region (NEW: Jul 12'06) full text
  WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE: Threats to Public Health from a Proposed Re-Classification of Buprenorphine as a Narcotic in France(NEW: Jul 12'06) full text
  FRANCE: Reclassification of Buprenorphine Put on Hold(NEW: July 14'06) full text




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