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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Health marketplace heads to negotiations
By Don Davis Sen. Tony Lourey endured 12 hours of debate on what he called the biggest change in the Minnesota health care system in decades. Senators voted late Thursday 37-28 to approve Loureys ...
Posted on 3/8/13 at 4:19 PM
News Tribune's methadone series wins a Scripps Howard award
The Duluth News Tribune has won a Scripps Howard award for a series on methadone that is credited with prompting calls for statewide reform in the treatment of drug addiction.
By Christa Lawler , March 15, 2013
Northland men’s deaths in car crash inspire legislative action on methadone
Following the deaths of two Northland men, State Rep. Tom Huntley and State Sen. Roger Reinert say they want to hold hearings this fall to determine if more restrictions are needed on how methadone treatment is administered in Minnesota.
October 14, 2012
Methadone found in car involved in fatal crash
The 26-year-old Cloquet woman charged Wednesday in connection with a crash that killed two Carlton County Highway Department workers was on her way back from a regular visit to a methadone clinic in Brainerd, authorities said.
By News Tribune, Pine Journal staff , October 04, 2012
Authorities: Cloquet woman charged in fatal crash was returning from methadone clinic 
UPDATE: The 26-year-old Cloquet woman charged today in connection with a crash that killed two Carlton County Highway Department workers was on her way back from a regular visit to a methadone clinic in Brainerd, according to authorities.
By News Tribune staff , October 03, 2012
State revoking Duluth methadone clinic’s license
The order follows years of problems at the Lake Superior Treatment Center, as detailed in a News Tribune investigation first published on Sept. 16.
September 25, 2012
State to revoke Duluth methadone clinic's license
The state is revoking the license for Duluth’s methadone clinic following what it said were numerous chronic and serious violations of state and federal laws, according to an order issued today.
September 24, 2012
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DNT investigation: Former patient says methadone treatment was ‘just another addiction’
In 2010, Josh Bergstedt became one of thousands of people who have dropped out of Minnesota's methadone programs without completing the treatment. From 2007 to 2011, 94 percent of the state’s methadone patients who left the programs did so without completing the treatment.
September 23, 2012
Methadone: Controlled doses sold for cash on the streets
Three registered confidential police informants who worked with area law enforcement on narcotics cases over the past year told the News Tribune that dealing take-home doses of methadone is common.
September 17, 2012
Methadone: ’60s treatment for drug addiction comes with deadly risks today
Methadone, a drug available since the 1960s and deemed by the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control as “the most effective treatment for opiate addiction,” is in essence a risk-versus-reward system.
September 16, 2012
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