New Drug Policies Applauded

New drug policies applauded
Babies are born addicted to opiates such as heroin, methadone, or prescription painkillers. Young people will spend their lives with … To navigate treatment options, family members of an addict need to become lawyers, insurance agents and eventually …
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Why Mentally Ill People Should Have Access to E-Cigarettes
In some states, cigarettes were tax-free, “to be used for patient treatment.” R.J. Reynolds created “value” brands for “street …. The introduction of the e-cigarette dramatically alters the risk/benefit equation of nicotine by dramatically cutting …
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Crisis Looms for Addicts as Russia Bans Methadone in Crimea
… (user Cmapm via Wikimedia). Russia does not support efficient programs for preventing HIV and Hepatitis C among its drug using population, and harm reduction measures like needle exchanges and opiate substitution therapy (OST), of which methadone …
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