There’s a new type of program that allows drug addicts to receive treatment at the …
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Category Archives: Treatment
From Punishing Users to Treating a Disease
Heroin vaccine comes a step closer to human use
Breaking our addiction to rehab
Can algorithms help kick addiction?
by Sara Ashley O’Brien @saraashleyo April 25, 2017: 9:46 AM ET The word “addict” has …
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Anti-Drug Vaccines Could Be a Game-Changer for People Battling Addiction
The toll of addiction is staggering. Approximately one in seven people who try addictive substances …
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Doctors once treated alcoholism with heroin. Now, they want to treat heroin addiction with marijuana.
By Keith Humphreys April 11
A new drug treatment program says it has a cure for heroin …
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Workers comp programs fight addiction among injured workers
By BOB SALSBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BOSTON — Apr 10, 2017, 11:50 AM ET
Meet a victim …
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Waking up: As state response lags, communities step up to fight addiction
Police departments, churches, health care institutions and municipalities recognize the need to invest in a …
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Addiction Treatment Vulnerable as Obamacare Repeal Looms in Horizon
February 22, 2017, 2:54 PM
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. — While the Affordable Care Act has brought health …
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