Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long
Waiting List for Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Is 51000 Inmates Long
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Yet only about a third of those prisoners— most of them low-level drug dealers, users and addicts—are receiving treatment to combat their addictions. “Its really tragic,” one longtime federal prisoner tells The Fix. “The feds lock up all these …
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UAMS Cites Success in Methamphetamine Addiction Treatment
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In 2010, more than 100,000 were admitted to drug abuse treatment with methamphetamine as their primary substance of abuse. In addition, there were 54.9 emergency department visits per 100,000 population aged 21 or older involving methamphetamine …
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Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center
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Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center Drug addiction in China is highly stigmatized. And now, some doctors are trying to cure it with a radical procedure known as as a "stereotactic ablation." More simply, it's …
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