Services Expect Flood of Addicts

Services expect flood of addicts

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Mr Varghese said addiction services were being offered through the Youth One Stop Shop and the numbers of young people seeking help would be higher than adults. "When available, all ages used it, that's the reality," he said. "With youth the sense of …
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There are drugs to help fight painkiller addiction, but access is an issue

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To Mark Publicker, a doctor in Portland, Maine, who practices addiction medicine, it's a clear case of discrimination. You wouldn't deprive a diabetic of insulin. You wouldn't stop giving hypertension drugs to a patient with high blood pressure after …
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Should Addicts Be Paid To Have Vasectomies?

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Courtney_McLaury July 27, 2013 08:43 [emphatico], Drug addicts can't consent? Their judgment is not great, granted, but they "consent" to get the money somehow, go score and put the dope in their bodies. So who should make the important decisions for …
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