Lawmakers Begin to Shape Battle Plan for Fight Against Opioids and Heroin

Lawmakers Begin to Shape Battle Plan for Fight Against Opioids and Heroin
Susan Foster, vice president and director of policy research and analysis of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, testifies during hearings on how to deal with a rise in deaths from overdoses of heroin and … Read more on NJ Spotlight

FOR YOUR HEALTH – Oct. 18
Jordan Hospital provides free primary care and anonymous counseling and testing for persons living with HIV/AIDS in Greater Plymouth through a federal Ryan White CARE Act (Title III) grant for Early Intervention Services. …. Held the third Wednesday … Read more on Wicked Local

Journal Digest
In addition, subjects in both the nicotine and the placebo e-cigarette groups were almost four times as likely to be adherent to treatment as those receiving patch therapy. Though the success rate for absolute cessation … The study outcome projected … Read more on Psychiatric News

Naloxone could save thousands of lives. So why is the government restricting it?
French health minister Marisol Touraine recently announced a landmark new policy involving trial centres in various cities across France, where drug addicts can safely inject their own drugs in the presence of health specialists. In Britain, recent … Read more on Yahoo News UK

Progression of Alcohol And Drug Addiction – Middle Stage – LastingRecovery.com
Judy Saalinger, Co-Founder and Executive Director of San Diego’s premier alcohol and drug addiction treatment center Lasting Recovery, discusses “Progression…