Addicts, Researchers Say New Drug Trumps Methadone at Curbing Addiction

Published January 22, 2013

Addicts, researchers say new drug trumps methadone at curbing addiction

Filed under: effects of drug addiction

Kapulsky, who is planning to take college courses to become a drug-and-alcohol counselor, has been helping people find Vivitrol providers. It's a prescription-only monthly dose of naltrexone, which binds to the brain's opioid receptors and blocks the …
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On prisons, screws – and their unions

Filed under: effects of drug addiction

These are not the only factors, and we can see the impact of broken homes, illiteracy and lack of education, drug and alcohol addiction, amongst other things that affect those who end up in prison. But the point is clear enough – when social relations …
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