Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change

Published September 22, 2012

Treatment for addicts is starting to change

Filed under: inpatient drug treatment programs

Nine out of 10 people addicted to drugs other than nicotine receive no treatment, and most of those who do get it are put through unproven programs run by people without medical training, according to a 500-plus-page report released by Columbia …
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Experts Push New Treatment for Addicts: Medication

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(Newser) – Decades of 12-step programs have set the standard for addiction treatment, but now doctors and scientists are trying to give drug and alcohol addicts another option: medication. With some federal support, these experts are adding to drugs …
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