Methadone: Where We Are Part 1

Methadone: Where We Are Part 1 – A slightly dated but informative video about Methadone Treatment. This 2 part series was edited for time & content. It covers everything from “How methadone works in the body” to “The Stigma Associated By Patients”. It includes stories from those who are in MMT, counselors, and doctors. The problems faced by MMT today is almost identical to the problems of yesterday which tells me there has been very little change despite overwhelming evidence to support the use MMT through the years.

Student athletes shouldn't be tempted by PEDs

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My biggest fear about the possibility (or even likelihood) of the wide spread use of performance enhancing drugs in a wide range of professional sports is the chance that it may inspire student athletes to take up the habit. … Say what you will about …
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Sociologists and The End of Sleep

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Will people get so bored after a month of wide-awake 3ams, they do nothing but have sex, resulting in more babies, and thus more bills, and thus…have to work longer hours after all? As it happens, the drug had been around as a narcolepsy treatment …
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Funding sought to aid ex-cons

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Research shows ex-offenders with more supportive families tend to have more success finding work. Additionally, those who participated in an employment or substance abuse treatment program while incarcerated or participated in any programming early …
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