What Are the Treatment Options for Someone Who Is Almost Addicted to a Substance?

What are the treatment options for someone who is almost addicted to a substance? – J. Wesley “Wes” Boyd, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a staff psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Allian…

Public hearing on drug testing for EHS

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Principal Davis said the school has looked at several options and they feel this is the next step that needs to be taken. They have been modeling the … Drugs will not help anyone. Students should be taught other coping mechanisms for dealing with …
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FDA drug approval raises abuse concerns

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According to Zogenix, the manufacturer of Zohydro, the drug is designed for patients with pain that requires “daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate.” However, the drug's potency …
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A cricketer's courageous battle with stress

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Drug abuse, destructive addictions, self-harming, even suicide. For athletes who did not or could not seek help for their problems, those were the options for too many years. Alcohol robbed soccer of George Best and other players of their skills …
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