Why Does NIDA Support Research Into Drug Abuse Treatment as HIV Prevention?

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Study: Level of military substance abuse now a 'public health crisis …

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Today, the military's approach to treating substance abuse “tends to be old-fashioned,” O'Brien said, noting the example of the military's reluctance to use medications that can combat cravings and in other ways help treat addiction, he said. “Modern …
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Former patient says methadone treatment was 'just another addiction'

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He said methadone can be an effective treatment, but when its use isn't effectively monitored and the drug can be easily diverted and given without proper counseling, “you do get much more of the downsides of methadone.” At the Lake Superior Treatment …
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