Track Patients Addicted to Prescription Drugs, Home Affairs Committee Tells GPs
Track patients addicted to prescription drugs, home affairs committee tells GPs
The Commons home affairs committee says that the scale of addiction to prescription drugs in Britain is far greater than those who are in treatment programmes for illegal drugs. But the MPs say in a report published on… Continue reading
EDITORIAL: Treating Drug Addiction Like a Disease Is Key
EDITORIAL: Treating drug addiction like a disease is key
Interact for Health has agreed to match donations to help put into practice the recommendations of the Northern Kentucky Heroin Response Team. The organization will match dollar for dollar donations from businesses. For donations from …
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Is Drug Addiction Really Like ‘Any Other Chronic Illness’? – PJ Media
Is Drug Addiction Really Like ‘Any Other Chronic Illness’? – PJ Media
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Is Drug Addiction Really Like 'Any Other Chronic Illness'? PJ Media It certainly works in Singapore, if by working we mean a consequent low rate of drug use; but Singapore is a small city state… Continue reading |
CDC: Prescription Painkillers More Lethal Than Cocaine and Heroin
CDC: Prescription Painkillers More Lethal Than Cocaine and Heroin
Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment
The rising number of prescription drug overdoses in the U.S. has prompted the CDC to urge doctors to use better practices with respect to how they treat pain and issue prescriptions for painkillers. “Health-care providers… Continue reading
Protection Extended in Drug Overdoses
Protection extended in drug overdoses
Filed under: drug rehabilitation
Chris Christie signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at a drug rehabilitation center in Paterson on May 2. The legislation takes a two-pronged approach to help prevent drug-overdose deaths in New Jersey. First, it provides legal …
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Struggling to Hold Onto Your Sobriety? Try Helping Someone Else
Struggling to Hold Onto Your Sobriety? Try Helping Someone Else
Filed under: principles of drug addiction treatment
Until recently, science has focused on discovering new medications to treat addiction. Few researchers have subjected the 12-Step … The helper therapy principle, embodied by AA/NA, holds that when a person helps another… Continue reading
Titan Implant to Treat Addiction Wins U.S. Panel Backing
Titan Implant to Treat Addiction Wins U.S. Panel Backing
Filed under: drug addiction treatment
The FDA panel voted that the drug is safe and effective, while questioning whether the dose of the active ingredient, buprenorphine, was appropriate to help addicts. The advisers supported a risk-mitigation plan though some questioned the… Continue reading
Indianapolis Drug Rehab Detox | 877-667-4695 | Indianapolis Drug Abuse Intervention Counseling
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Louisville Drug Rehab Detox | 877-667-4695 | Louisville Drug Abuse Intervention Counseling
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