methadone

Florida lawmakers this year passed a bill that limits prescribing of controlled substances for patients suffering from acute pain and mandates new…

The state’s invalidated process for licensing new methadone clinics is delaying help for opioid addicts in rural communities.Many in those communities…

Pointing to an arbitrary process that “ignores substance in favor of blind luck,” an administrative law judge Thursday rejected a state emergency rule…

Florida officials' first-come, first-served system for dozens of new methadone-treatment licenses resulted in applicants camping out in tents with…

The number of newborns who are physically dependent on drugs in Florida has nearly doubled since 2010, according to The News-Press.Despite Florida’s…

Most inmates lose access to medication-assisted treatment for addiction once they're incarcerated. Among prisons and jails that do offer such treatment, it's often restricted to pregnant women.

A doctor and eight employees of a South Florida medical clinic are facing manslaughter, racketeering and other charges in what authorities say was a…

A Pensacola-area veterinarian who was accused of writing prescriptions for thousands of methadone tablets for his ex-wife’s dog -- but was actually giving…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is applauding Florida’s crackdown on “pill mills” in its most recent Vital Signs report.It suggests…

A Delray Beach doctor faces manslaughter charges after one of his patients died of a methadone overdose, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. Dr. Barry…