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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 2 days ago
Health Affairs looks at the future of substance abuse treatment spending. The future looks pretty grim:Growth in SA spending is forecasted to average ...
In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 5 days ago
Margret Kopala argues that the war on drugs is working. She points to a recent U.N. report, alcohol prohibition in the U.S., and Sweden's drug policy....
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 1 week ago
Addiction Inbox isn't buying SAMHSA's positive spin either. ...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 1 week ago
Parity finally passed both branches of congress and was signed into law by the President.This is a good and important step. Health Affairs explains wh...
In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 1 week ago
SAMHSA did a survey of attitudes toward addiction and recovery. The press release paints a very optimistic picture, but the full report tells me that ...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 1 week ago
More evidence that people with more severe alcohol problems benefit most from AA (from the firewalled full text):The current findings support the hypo...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 1 week ago
The Washington Post makes the case for FDA regulation of tobacco:The FDA regulates everything from vegetables to Viagra. But cigarettes, which lead to...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 3 weeks ago
I just stumbled upon these two nicotine delivery systems. (The WHO is alarmed about one of them.)When reading about them, I couldn't help but think of...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 3 weeks ago
I'll note that the article does not use the the words alcoholic or dependence, so it's intent may be limited to categorizing alcohol abusers, but it f...
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In Addiction and Recovery News - Posted 3 weeks ago
The platforms of both political parties endorse some form of parity, though the Republican platform does not specifically include access to addiction ...
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