Treatment for U.S. Opioid Addicts Often Inadequate, Researchers Say

Treatment for U.S. Opioid Addicts Often Inadequate, Researchers Say

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Unlike most of the rest of the developed world, methadone is only available in specialized drug treatment centers in the U.S. They're regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and it …
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Watertown man faces prison for cocaine sale try

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23 to four years in prison, followed by two years' post-release supervision. Judge Kim H. Martusewicz will mandate that she serve her sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If inmates complete the 90-day program, they serve the …
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Stanford humanities course helps counteract the “powerlessness and shame” of …

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stanford-humanities-course-helps-counteract-the-powerlessness-and-. More than a decade ago, two Stanford professors began teaching a humanities course to women at Hope House, a drug and alcohol treatment facility where a number of residents have …
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