More Opioid Dependence Treatment Needed
More Opioid Dependence Treatment Needed
More Opioid Dependence Treatment Needed. Aug. 6, 2013 — A new report from Simon Fraser University researcher Bohdan Nosyk calls for the expansion of heroin and opioid medical treatment to stem the increase of overdose deaths. Read more on Science Daily (press release)
Prosecutors seek death penalty in doctor's patient overdose trial
… whose 21-year-old son, Anthony, died of a drug overdose in 2007 said she was pleased the state was pursuing the death penalty against the man who wrote her son prescriptions for massive quantities of oxycodone, roxycodone, methadone and Xanax for … Read more on Palm Beach Post
Vaccinating Cocaine Use Away
There's behavioral interventions, methadone maintenance for heroin users, nicotine patches for smokers, antabuse for acoholics, but while all of these are effective in a minority of users, they aren't effective in all. Many require … In the case of … Read more on Scientific American (blog)