Death by Detoxification
Death by Detoxification
It resonates with a longstanding tradition, the abstinence-based model practiced by the great majority of U.S. addiction treatment programs. We know it as the 12-step program, the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) model of … These medications include opioid … Read more on Huffington Post
Prescribing Heroin to Save Lives
Another International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 31) approaches and many people are still focused on prescription opioid drugs and their role in overdose fatalities. Those do indeed play a big role. But another threat is snaking through the country … Read more on Huffington Post
Legal highs implicated in deaths of 47 people last year in Scotland
Heroin replacement methadone was implicated in 237 deaths, 38 fewer than in 2011. … Ms Cunningham said the Government was committed to helping people recover from addiction, with £194m invested in front line services and support since 2007. But she … Read more on STV Local