A Magic Shot for Addiction? Vivitrol Shows Early Promise, Addicts Say

Published July 24, 2013

A magic shot for addiction? Vivitrol shows early promise, addicts say

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Kerlikowske, who heads the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, told the Post-Dispatch that medications such as Vivitrol are the future of addiction treatment, which, until this point, has relied almost solely on therapy-based models or …
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Youth , Aggression , Substance Abuse & Guns = Deadly Violence

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Youth, Aggression, Substance Abuse & Guns = Deadly Violence A new study finds that high risk youth who present to the emergency room for treatment of injury from an assault are likely to possess guns, and have problems with substance abuse and …
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CHAFFETZ: Getting smart about crime

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… modeled after successful programs in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Carolina and elsewhere. We have been joined by Rep. John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat; Rep. … In the Texas model, data-driven evaluations determined that substance-abuse programs …
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