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...Prevention is better. We could plug the holes in the safety net, such as the point of exit from care or prison, when many become homeless....
...But Elswick is one of a growing number in the addiction treatment community who think the focus must shift away from what he calls the “boilerplate single story of recovery” based on abstinence, usually...
...The pro-independence party said changes to the law should be coupled with measures to support and rehabilitate people with addiction problems, including reviewing drug classifications and offering safe spaces...
...Supporters say such sites save lives, improve health outcomes and nudge addicts towards recovery. Critics counter that they provide an official seal of approval for illegal drug taking....
...Opioid addiction apps used by tens of thousands of people to aid treatment and recovery are accessing sensitive personal information that could be used to identify them, a new study has found....
...The Delta variant-fuelled summer wave has pushed the number of reported Covid-19 cases in the US past 40m, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
...While impressive, the drug bust demonstrated a growing demand for cocaine, estimated to be Europe’s second most-used illicit drug, according to research by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction...
...Only one in five of the estimated 2m Americans with opioid use disorder receives treatment, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
...We speak to addiction expert Henrietta Bowden-Jones and Hannah Redler Hawes, curator of a new art exhibition on addiction and recovery....
...McFarland’s addiction went on for decades but the final act started in 2012....
...Some experience it for loved ones grappling with substance addiction. It can also affect families of conscripted soldiers....
...died from an overdose involving a prescription opioid between 1999 and 2015, and the number of annual fatalities has quadrupled over the same period, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
...Each day 91 people die after overdosing on the drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
...(BMJ blog) Betting on gambling treatment Pathological gambling should be treated like any other addiction, says a BMJ paper....
...They are able to apply relapse prevention at every step of the way.”...
...Moreover, several legislative bills are now in motion that are likely to stay in the political limelight for some time now, for instance that of the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of...
...Founded in 1956, LICADD provides chemical and dependency evaluations, treatment referrals as well as prevention education programs....
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