Teen Addiction

Teen Addiction – Teen addiction is hard on everyone, but help is available. The most important thing to understand is that addiction is a disease. If a child has cancer we do…

Buprenorphine Works in Initial Opioid Detox

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"Our results suggest that a subset of prescription opioid abusers may respond favorably to a brief but carefully crafted outpatient treatment involving buprenorphine detoxification, naltrexone maintenance, and behavioral therapy," they wrote online in …
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Debatable duo

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Horrigan, the Republican candidate for county executive, would like to expand education, treatment and wraparound programs for drug users, making it a community-wide effort. On the other hand, Johnson, the Democratic candidate for the position …
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