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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
Doctors, patients caught in middle of narcotics ‘epidemic’
As the number of prescriptions for narcotic painkillers has increased over the last several years, doctors “are in the sight of the gun,” said Dr. Farris Keeling, a family practice physician at Essentia Health who specializes in treating chronic pain.
By Brandon Stahl and MaryJo Webster , December 17, 2012
Northland faces an epidemic in opiate drug addiction
More opioid painkillers are being distributed in the Northland and in Minnesota than ever before, a joint News Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press investigation has found.
By Brandon Stahl and MaryJo Webster , December 16, 2012
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- Clay Pirkola
- Major findings on opiate-based painkiller prescriptions
- Doctors, patients caught in the middle of narcotics ‘epidemic’
- Admissions for addiction treatment in Minnesota
- Opiate distribution in Minnesota
- About this series
- Talk about this topic
- Link to more maps, statistics on prescription opiates in Minnesota
Inspectors pass different judgments on Duluth methadone clinic
Duluth’s methadone clinic received a highly positive report in June from its accrediting agency. But investigators with the Minnesota Department of Human Services said they found 56 violations of standards.
November 11, 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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- Minnesota methadone statistics - 1 of 3
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- Methadone: a costly fix
- Among the News Tribune’s findings on methadone in Minnesota
- Many consider methadone treatment to be the best for opiate addiction
- Why and how the News Tribune examined methadone in Minnesota
- Map of Minnesota methadone deaths, 2000-2010
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