Comment: Why the Asylum Problem Is Like the Drug Problem

Comment: why the asylum problem is like the drug problem
As late as 2000, Salvation Army Major Brian Watters, former prime minister John Howard's principal adviser on drug policy, declared that “there are worse things than death when it comes to addiction.” John Howard's decade as prime minister, including … Read more on SBS

States lead the US toward a new era in its war on drugs
But it was also part of a wider shift towards a more nuanced approach to the US's drug problem in which individual states – rather than the federal government – are leading the way. Encouragingly, say researchers who study the US criminal justice … Read more on New Scientist

Prescription Drug Addiction Growing Among Women
Options available to medical personnel to help deal with the problem following the guidelines for responsible prescribing, using the prescription monitoring program to help identify abusers and addicts, discussing options for treatment more diffusely … Read more on Patch.com

Heroin Addiction Treatment Options
Heroin Addiction Treatment Options by http://www.NeuroSoup.com Medications to Assist in Heroin Detox and Help Prevent Relapse discussed in the video are Meth…