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A link to the entire study is provided below. Here is the abstract from the original study: AIMS: This study examines the frequency and severity of arrest charges among heroin addicts randomly assigned to either interim methadone (IM) maintenance or to remain on a waiting list for methadone treatment. It was hypothesized that IM participants would [...] The International center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment (ICAAT) has produced a 15-minute video addressing the “not-in-my-backyard” (NIMBY) phenomenon – probably the greatest barrier to meaningful expansion of methadone treatment availability in America. Throughout the USA, and in many other nations as well, efforts to open new facilities are met with fierce opposition based on [...] By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hooked on cocaine or cigarettes? The U.S. government wants drug companies to make a vaccine for that.
So says a report produced in partnership with the Primary Care Trust Network, Mental Health Network and National Mental Health Development Unit which says that a third of mental health users, half of substance misuse service users and 70 per cent of prisoners are subject to this kind of dual diagnosis. The report, Seeing double: meeting the challenge of dual [...] Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (California) has recently signed a bill requiring convicted drunk drivers to install devices that block vehicles from starting if alcohol is detected on the drivers’ breath. Minnesota began a similar program this past summer, making it optional for convicted repeat drunk drivers to install the same device. Do you believe Minnesota should [...] By ROBERT M. COOK Sunday, October 4, 2009 Health experts and those who help people overcome smoking, alcoholism and gambling addictions say they’re divided over the recession’s impact on addictive behavior. Some experts say there is evidence that while cigarette use has declined due to higher state and federal taxes, alternative tobacco use such as chewing tobacco and [...] By ERIK ECKHOLM In the first effort to calculate the national price of methamphetamine abuse, a new study said the addictive stimulant imposed costs of $23.4 billion in 2005. While the authors, from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, Calif., caution that many impacts were difficult to quantify, their study suggests that methamphetamine takes an economic [...] MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – A couple is behind bars after Minneapolis Police say one of them was driving under the influence with seven children unbuckled in the backseat. Officials say Cory Little, 31, and his girlfriend Karole Simmons, 32, were arrested Sunday after Little were driving erratically. Witness Roy Ladd says Little jumped a curb with his Chevy Suburban and dug [...] It’s a provocative question, but as the public’s never-ending quest for gossip and the lurid details of celebrity lives continues to persist, stories of their alcohol-fueled escapades and drug use can make people curious. In a Time magazine article on Michael Jackson’s use of the powerful anesthetic Propofol, Dr. David Sack of Malibu, said, “Whenever a [...] WASHINGTON – As Congress debates the government’s role in health care, a report out today finds that state and federal officials failed to detect millions of dollars in Medicaid prescription-drug abuse. An audit of the government program in five large states found about 65,000 instances of beneficiaries improperly obtaining potentially addictive drugs at a cost of [...] |
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