Drug Users Need Help and Support Not Jail

Drug users need help and support not jail

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Therapeutic community is a term applied to a participative, group-based approach to long-term drug addiction. It is also applied to long-term mental illness and personality disorder. It is based on milieu-therapy principles and includes group …
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3 Addiction Fighting Pharmas To Consider Now

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It is not far off the mark to say that drugs are a part of life. From an estimated 2.9 million Americans – or about 9.5% of the population – addicted to illicit and illegal drugs, to the rest of us that take prescribed or over the counter pills for …
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Catalyst Pharma shares collapse after addiction drug flops in PhIIb

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Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners ($ CPRX) says that its cocaine addiction therapy flopped in a Phase IIb study, missing primary and secondary endpoints and triggering a collapse in its share price, which tumbled 65% on the news. The small Coral Gables, …
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