The Dilemma of Prescription Opioids: Shifting Attitudes Towards the Pain Patient
The dilemma of prescription opioids: Shifting attitudes towards the pain patient
Moralism has shaped health provider attitudes toward pain patients, leading to under-use – especially along racial and class-stratified lines – of substitution opioid therapies such as methadone maintenance. Moral beliefs and values have influenced …
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Bob the Street Cat books sell 1m copies in UK
The pair became well-known in London, going on to attract the attention of a literary agent, who sold Bowen's story of how, with Bob's help, he would get over his addictions to heroin and methadone, to Hodder & Stoughton. The publisher said today that …
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Stop drug use
Again, the result of the drug laws are more dangerous than the drugs would otherwise be. Other countries have found success in decriminalizing drugs and treating addiction as an illness. Time for a new approach … Stronger, truly addictive drugs are …
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