HAGERSTOWN — A methadone clinic in Maryland has been instructed to stop accepting new clients until it complies with a mandated staff-to-client ratio. The Herald-Mail reports Hagerstown Treatment Center was notified by the Behavioral Health Administration to cease and desists ...

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Baltimore’s health commissioner says she will issue an order that will also pharmacists to give an antidote to opioids without a doctor’s prescription. Dr. Leana Wen said she will issue the standing order on Thursday the day a new law ...

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After almost 20 years dealing with convicts, Major Craig Rowe could see the trend. “The majority of our crimes in Washington County are either directly related to or a byproduct of addiction, [whether] crime directly related to the heroin or ...

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