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Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change

Treatment for addicts is starting to change
Filed under: cocaine abuse symptoms
Experts are pushing for a truly medical approach to treating addiction as a disease rather than relying solely on longtime unproven therapies like 12-step programs. A call for… Continue reading

National Voice on Drug Abuse Retiring From Minn.

National voice on drug abuse retiring from Minn.
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Carol Falkowski, a drug abuse expert whose understanding of addiction has made her one of the nation's most respected voices in the field, is retiring from… Continue reading

GWSMHS Professor to Study Correlation Between Genetics and Susceptibility to Drug Abuse

GWSMHS professor to study correlation between genetics and susceptibility to drug abuse
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Norman H. Lee, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), received a total… Continue reading

Local Drug Summit Helps Fight Pill Addiction

Local Drug Summit Helps Fight Pill Addiction
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
A drug summit at Ohio University Southern Campus in Ironton, Ohio, has folks like Tackett gaining knowledge and power over the pill epidemic.
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Dangerous Designer Drug Packs a One-Two Punch

Dangerous Designer Drug Packs a One-two Punch

Filed under: Cocaine Rehab Process

Supported by a five-year, $ 2.5 million grant from the National Institute for Drug Abuse, researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University are studying the synthetic drug to understand its… Continue reading

Human Rights Group Questions Ethics of Chinese Drug Treatment Study

Human Rights Group Questions Ethics of Chinese Drug Treatment Study

Filed under: Treatment for Drug Abuse and Addiction

The researchers, led by Yan-Xue Xue of Peking University in Beijing, tested a psychological technique for reducing cravings in drug addicts that… Continue reading