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Russian Annexation of Crimea Threatens Drug Therapy for People Suffering From Addictions, Illnesses
Russian annexation of Crimea threatens drug therapy for people suffering from addictions, illnesses
The annexation of Crimea by Russia is already having a potentially deadly affect on one local population group – a group of patients on substitution therapy, accordig to the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine, which manages Opioid Substitution Therapy programs in Ukraine.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Truth About Curing Addiction – the Guardian
Philip Seymour Hoffman and the truth about curing addiction – The Guardian
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Philip Seymour Hoffman and the truth about curing addiction
The Guardian Data from several countries shows that treatment policies that insist on abstinence lead to a greater number of deaths than those that allow some kind of substitution therapy, with safer opioids such as methadone or buprenorphine (Subutex) for heroin … Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die |
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Sex offender awaits second chance at secure treatment center – La Crosse Tribune
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Sex offender awaits second chance at secure treatment center
La Crosse Tribune He was on temporary release from the Marathon County Jail to do community service, and he said in an interview that he had gotten high on homemade methadone. He forced the woman down, while masturbating, and grabbed her breasts and between her … Sex offender at Sand Ridge Treatment Center awaits second chance |
Orchids Bloom: Best Practices on Harm Reduction Shared
Orchids Bloom: Best practices on harm reduction shared
Interventions such as Needle Syringe Exchange Programmes (NSEP) and Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST), HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy (ART) access, have proved extremely effective in arresting the spread of HIV. Dissemination of learnings from …
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Bookie bandit avoids jail over meat theft
He was also ordered to take part in a drug rehabilitation programme and warned the prison term could be activated if he committed another offence. Williams has now appeared before Basildon Crown Court again accused of stealing £65 of meat from Tesco, …
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Leanne Thompson Death: 'Go and Kill Yourself …'
Leanne Thompson death: 'go and kill yourself …'
He spent the night before the shooting at O'Sachy's Wishart house, drinking and using drugs. At his inquest in 2009, …. She was on the methadone program, and her mother thinks she met O'Sachy while waiting in line at a local chemist. A few months …
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Researcher Seeks to Identify Best Medications to Treat Drug Abuse
For example, this is the approach by which clinically supervised methadone maintenance is used to as an anti-addictive maintenance medication for people addicted to opioids. “Substitution therapy is better because it's under the control of a healthcare …
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1 In 10 Teens Misuse Prescription Painkillers; Over 85% Admit Illicit Use
Teens were asked about their use of prescription opioids fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, buprenorphine, and suboxone, and the sedatives Valium, Serepax, Ativan, Xanax, Librium, Rohypnol, and GHB, among others, according to the news release …
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Prison Instructor Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs
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Drug Tests Methadone: Prison instructor pleads guilty to smuggling drugs
It should be a revealing hearing, as the Crown plans to call expert evidence about the prevalence of prison drug smuggling and the impact such offences has on inmates, many of whom are struggling with addictions as they try to rebuild their broken …
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Drug Tests Methadone: First-episode psychosis readmission risk predicted by DALI tool
Screening first-episode psychotic patients with a 6-minute assessment tool provides a more reliable indication of a patient's risk of readmission than urinalysis, according to a new study in Schizophrenia Research. Patients scoring in the "at-risk …
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Drug Tests Methadone: Drug Policies Fuel Deadly Hepatitis C Epidemic
These include providing opioid substitution therapy – for example, with methadone or buprenorphine – sterile injecting equipment, and information about hepatitis C, as well as testing and treatment. The WHO's guidance on prevention of hepatitis B and C …
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An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close – New York Times
Drug Abuse Methadone: An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close – New York Times
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An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close
New York Times While scientists have historically focused their vaccination efforts on diseases like polio, smallpox and diphtheria — with great success — they are now at work on shots that could one day release people from the grip of substance abuse. … |
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Salvation or slippery slope? – Montreal Gazette
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Salvation or slippery slope?
Montreal Gazette Pain societies the world over began pushing for more effective use of opioids, citing studies showing little risk of addiction in patients with no history of substance abuse. Then came slow-release versions of oxycodone and similar drugs. … Salvation or slippery slope? Methadone: Bliss for Patients with Chronic Pain |
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Drug Abuse Methadone: Vietnamese drug detention centers use forced labor for cashew processing – FreshPlaza