Article: 5 new methadone clinics proposed for W.Va.: Proposed bill would put drug under state regulation for first time

Article: Methadone clinics tackled by West ...
Drug Week;  March 12, 2004 ;     429 words ...2004 MAR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- West Virginia must stop the blossoming abuse of Methadone and regulate the growing number of clinics handing it out to treat heroin and OxyContin ...

Article: Moratorium expires: 7 new methadone clinics would ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  July 25, 2004 ;     606 words ... ... proliferation of methadone clinics, which did not exist in West Virginia until 2001 ... Appalachia. West Virginia methadone clinics attract clients ... for-profit methadone clinics at all. The new West Virginia rules won ...

Article: Senator wants reform of state methadone clinics
Charleston Gazette;  January 25, 2007 ;     664 words ... ... to reform West Virginia's methadone clinics was placed ... nonprofit groups. West Virginia has eight methadone clinics in the state ... out of the methadone clinics," said bill ... Gazette revealed West Virginia's rate of ...

Article: HCA to Take Closer Look at Methadone Clinics
The State Journal;  January 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... it can teach West Virginia about monitoring ... and restricting methadone clinics. The two states ... morphine. As West Virginia looks to draft ... three years, West Virginia has seen seven methadone clinics open in the state ...

Article: Bill targets for-profit methadone clinics: Proposal ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  January 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... take the profit motive out of methadone clinics," he said. The proposal would put West Virginia in line with Ohio, which requires ... West Virginia, has just 11 methadone clinics. Methadone is a synthetic narcotic ...

Article: Methadone clinics put on hold: Moratorium to allow ...
Charleston Gazette;  January 22, 2004 ;     536 words ... ... regulations." West Virginia has no state regulations on methadone clinics. Since 2001 ... sprung up in West Virginia. Eight more ... developed for methadone clinics. It will allow ... to decide how West Virginia should regulate ...

Article: Cities surprised by methadone clinics: But Mercer ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... has opened six methadone clinics in West Virginia since 2001. The ... OxyContin addicts in West Virginia," Lewisburg ... speak well of West Virginia, yet again ... which operates two methadone clinics in southwest Virginia ...