Health law could overwhelm addiction services

Filed under: drug abuse treatment centers

The system for treating substance abuse — now largely publicly funded and run by counselors with limited medical training — is small and already full to overflowing in many places. In more than two-thirds of the states, treatment clinics are already …
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Campaign to stop the criminalization of drug users

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Donny Fauzan, from Bali Health Foundation (Yakeba) and campaign coordinator, said campaigners wanted the Bali provincial administration and the central government to promise to stop treating drug users like criminals. The campaign in Bali, entitled …
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Drug Could Help Alcoholics Forget They Like Drinking By Blocking Their Memories

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Ron and her team believe rapamycin could be a good start for treatments of alcohol and drug abuse, though she doesn't plan on conducting this trial on humans. Dr. Charles O'Brien, director of the Center for Studies of Addiction at the University of …
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