Drug therapy for drug addiction?

Drug therapy for drug addiction?

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“As a society, we're capitalists,” Arnold says. “If it's easier, they do it. Get them out of our hair. We don't really want to explain or understand what's going on.” According to McCarty, less than 1 percent of the money spent on addiction treatment …
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Huffing Arrests Are Cause For Concern

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“Huffing” or “sniffing” is the deliberate inhalation of fumes, vapors, or gases from common household products in order to get high, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The use of inhalants can lead to cardiac arrest, addiction and other …
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In Gun Debate, Legislators Target Mental Health

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“I think what happens is – and this certainly happened in the Virginia Tech case – somebody is treated for mental illness or committed for mental illness, or treated for drug addiction. They are treated in a community facility, and then they return to …
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