Treatment for Cocaine Addiction Targets Relapse
Treatment for cocaine addiction targets relapse
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An experimental drug called nepicastat shows promise in helping treat cocaine addiction, based on its ability to stave off relapse-like behavior in animals trained to give themselves cocaine. The National Institute on Drug Abuse is beginning a clinical …
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High hopes: Why science is seeking a pardon for psychedelics
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But after only a few weeks of intensive therapy, he wrote in his autobiography, he had come to terms with a childhood of neglect and emotional abuse: “To my delight, I found I had a tough inner core of strength. … In New Zealand, the hallucinogenic …
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The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board …
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Juni Frey, Executive Director of the Paint Valley ADAMH board stated, “Unfortunately many of the homeless suffer from either a mental illness or a substance abuse problem but are unwilling to seek treatment. Providing a warm blanket is a small way to …
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Why our jails fail
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McVerry describes the prison system as a “total disaster” and our jails as so overcrowded and beset with violence and drug abuse that rehabilitation is almost impossible. “The mission statement of the Irish Prison Service is to provide safe and secure …
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