San Francisco Drug Users Bring Harm Reduction to the Streets

San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets

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For example, there are methadone clinics and substance abuse recovery programs. One of the programs … Used syringes can spread infectious diseases like HIV or Hepatitis C. New syringes eliminate that risk, so needle exchanges have drawn the support …
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Curtis Trotter: Addiction: Why can't they just stop?

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's national survey on drug use and health reports, 23.5 million people 12 years of age and older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol abuse problem in 2009, and of the individuals …
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Jonathan Trott and the problems of describing mental illness

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association remains the international reference point for this and its different editions and revisions have changed the definitions of various conditions at …
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Geneva Health Forum Covers Wide Range Of Policy Issues

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“We are all faced today with the same challenges,” Federal Councillor Alain Berset, head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, said referring to the global problem of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in both developed …
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