Judith Munaker: Website offers parents insight into drug addiction, treatment …

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Housed on the Safe Communities of Madison-Dane County website, the new Parent Addiction Network is for parents, families and friends who have loved ones affected by drug addiction. This site can help people find answers to the many questions that …
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Alabama should replace failed 'war on drugs' incarceration strategy with …

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Yet, Alabama continues to significantly defund and under-staff mental health treatment as well as substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. Politicians continue to stigmatize addiction and ignore proven, evidence-based solutions to a growing …
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Study supports topiramate as promising medication to treat addiction

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The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers in the department of Psychiatry at Penn Medicine …
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