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Report says BC a model for treating opioid addiction

Filed under: substance abuse treatment

One of the report's chief recommendations is to expand opioid substitution treatment to office-based settings in the U.S., where methadone, for example, can only be prescribed and dispensed on an outpatient basis through federally regulated drug …
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Treatment vs. incarceration

Filed under: substance abuse treatment

Governments at all levels should address the problem by establishing and requiring participation of drug-dependent persons in addiction treatment programs, either during imprisonment or in lieu thereof. Even prisoners who have been convicted of violent …
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