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Admissions to Twin Cities area treatment programs for addiction to methamphetamine (meth) continued to decline in 2008, according to a report on drug abuse trends released today by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The report is produced twice annually to monitor emerging patterns and trends in drug abuse and treatment. Meth-related treatment admissions accounted for [...] Note: The following Graphs, Background, Area Description and Data Sources are an excerpt from the “Drug Abuse Trends Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN for January 2010, by Carol Falkowski, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services. To download the entire PDF, please go to: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/groups/disabilities/documents/pub/dhs16_147922.pdf Source: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES), Minnesota [...] This is the second of two articles on treating pregnant patients in MAT, clinical considerations related to their care, and outcomes for their babies. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) are caring for increasing numbers of pregnant patients-some who become pregnant while in methadone treatment programs, others who decide to begin methadone treatment [...] This is the first in a series of articles on treating pregnant patients in MAT, clinical considerations related to their care, and outcomes for their babies. Check back in the coming days for part two, or follow us on Twitter @MeridianNetwork to get a live feed from our blog. Holly is a 35-year-old tenth-grade dropout who [...] The finding paves way for a DNA test to screen for those people who are most at risk of becoming drug addicts or alcoholics. In a study of 3,627 volunteers, the researchers found that women of European origin with a mutated version of a gene, known as PKNOX2, were almost twice as likely to become substance [...] |
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