Long-Term Care Options Seen as Gap in Drug Treatments

Long-term care options seen as gap in drug treatments
METHUEN — A severe shortage of medium- and long-term addiction treatment options is a top obstacle for drug addicts seeking medical help that can wind up preventing or thwarting treatment, local health professionals and addiction treatment advocates …
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Marijuana has addictive behaviors, thoughts on legalization of drug
George Comiskey, associate director for external relations for the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery, said he would not recommend using marijuana as an exit drug, but he can see how it would help some people. “It can be kind of a …
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US drug war slowly turns its aim away from low-level users
The changes are both rhetorical and substantive, reflecting fiscal problems caused in part by prisons bulging with drug offenders and a shifting social ethos that views some drug use as less harmful than in the past. States are driving the trend. At …
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