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Son’s Death Turns Dad into Methadone Crusader

January 19th, 2008    Posted by: Dr. Dobson



Salisbury, N.H., police chief David L’Esperance is working to improve drug-related law enforcement and education for personal and professional reasons: his son, Christopher, 20, died last year of a methadone overdose.

The Boston Globe reported Jan. 12. that L’Esperance has helped focus?  attention on the dangers of methadone, an effective treatment for opiate addiction that also is increasingly being prescribed as a pain medication — and being diverted for illicit use.

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