Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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US Approves Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
It is also the first designed as part of a combination therapy to treat adults infected with drug-resistant pulmonary TB, when other treatments are unavailable. The new drug works by blocking an enzyme the disease pathogen needs to spread throughout …
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Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction
(WYMT) – Officials say prescription drug abuse is leading the drug epidemic. They say treating the addiction is key, but limited funding for treating substance abuse is making … Both law enforcement and officials at the treatment centers say just …
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