This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?

This drug could make a huge dent in heroin addiction. So why isn't it used more?

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It cannot be delivered in a physician's office. Buprenorphine can be. The Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2000 was revolutionary in its specific intention to allow physicians who meet certain criteria to administer it in their office. Patient severity also …
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Drug Court will help solve several problems

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… told Press staff writer Becky Campbell earlier this month that “recovery drug courts are a national wave of the future. The idea behind it is to identify people who are committing crimes due to some substance abuse problem. If we can divert them to …
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Overdose deaths put heroin use in the spotlight (full version)

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National drug abuse expert Carol Falkowski, former drug abuse strategy officer of the Minnesota Department of Human Services and director of research communications at the Hazelden Foundation, taught attendees about the dangers of heroin and other …
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