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Need to Treat, Not Just Prevent, Heroin Addiction
(Pixabay) Last month the US House of Representatives, cognizant that all 435 members are up for re-election in November – with very little to show for it legislatively – passed more than 50 bills...
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Less than a Third of OD Patients Receive MAT
(Pixabay) Many doctors, politicians and even patients overlook or resist one of the most effective treatments for drug abuse: medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with Suboxone (a tamper-resistant form...
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Drug Rehab Medical Devices Won’t Work if No One Uses Them
Heroin is derived from the opium poppy. (Pixabay) We’re still in the midst of an opioid crisis (or an opioid epidemic, or opioid national emergency, depending upon with whom you speak). And while the...
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FDA Calls for New Medication-Assisted Treatment Drugs
Burprenorphine in patch form. (Wikimedia commons) Despite recommendations from an opioid commission and the declaring opioid abuse a public emergency, the number of overdose deaths due to opioids...
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Does Compulsory Rehab Treatment Work?
(Pixabay) Imprisoning drug addicts doesn’t seem to have slowed down or reduced the spread of drug addiction, and it is costly. Research suggests that treating drug addicts instead is more effective and...
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Opioid Crisis the Fault of Big Pharma, FDA, and DEA
Big Pharma may value profits over people, but government regulators should have expected that. (Pixabay) The pharmaceutical companies have received their share of blame for the opioid addiction...
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Alcohol withdrawal can be deadly. (Wellcome Images via Wikimedia commons) The importance of family and friends to an addict’s decision to seek recovery should not be under-stressed. While it is true...
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More People Live, Enter Drug Rehab with Supervised Injection Sites
(Pixabay) In the White House’s efforts to fight the opioid crisis in the United States, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has announced another policy: no safe injection sites. Rosenstein has...
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Mac Miller’s Depression and Substance Abuse May Have Been a Dual Diagnosis
Photo of Mac Miller (2017) by Nicolas Völcker (Wikimedia commons) Rapper Mac Miller — who was open about his substance abuse in his music and interviews — died Sept. 7. As of this writing (Sept. 10),...
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Substance Abuse Treatment at Least as Important as Prevention, Curbing Supply
Heroin is sometimes laced with much stronger fentanyl, leading to increased and accidental overdose deaths. (Pixabay) The US House of Representatives and the Senate have each now passed bipartisan...
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