Treatment over jail for drug use
Changing Colorado's drug sentencing laws to encourage treatment over incarceration for low-level users is an enlightened way to take on the destructive force of addiction. We hope the Colorado legislature passes a bill that would broadly revise the …
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Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
Rosenthal's research employs a methodology called virtual reality cue reactivity. Put simply, that means using virtual reality to trigger a reaction, then to monitor that reaction. In substance abuse treatment, that usually involves transporting …
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Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment
A retroactive two-year limit on state funding for methadone and buprenorphine – the most effective drugs for treating heroin addiction – makes it much tougher for public health workers in Maine to turn the tide of the epidemic. Shutterstock.com. Select …
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Awards for raising drug prevention and treatment awareness
The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse honored those on the front lines fighting addiction. Medical reporter Meg Farris emceed as people who work in prevention and treatment were given awards. A community leadership award was handed out to Major …
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