Single assessment for needs to speed treatment and save tax dollars

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

More than 43,000 people ages 12 and older needed services for alcohol and drug abuse in 2008. Of those, about 5,106, or 12 percent, received assessment in the public system, with just 3,055 making it to their first appointment. About 1,000 completed …
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Saucy Science: How to Flush Out a New Year's Hangover

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Only about 23 percent of people are genetically resistant to hangovers, according to a 2008 study published in the journal Current Drug Abuse Reviews. The rest will have to make do with sketchy pills, none of which have been shown to work, and rest and …
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Rogue pharmacists feed addiction

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

Some provide massive amounts of painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs to addicts and dealers, according to state records, regulators and law enforcement officials. By Scott Glover, Lisa Girion and Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times. December 19, 2012 …
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