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As the pandemic ushered in isolation and financial hardship, overdose deaths reached new heights

16.02.2021

Among the unrelenting death statistics flowing from the CDC last month, one grim non-Covid-19 statistic stood out: 81,003 deaths. That’s the number of people who died from drug overdoses in …

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Health

Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine

15.01.2021

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a major shift in addiction medicine policy Thursday, giving doctors dramatically more flexibility to prescribe a popular and effective drug used to treat opioid …

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Health

Combination of two drugs can help treat methamphetamine addiction for some, new clinical trial data shows 

14.01.2021

As rates of methamphetamine overdose soar in the United States, one of the biggest challenges for both people who use stimulants and clinicians is that there are no approved treatments …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Peer recovery programs are an integral part of addiction treatment, recovery

14.12.2020

I still remember the charge nurse looking at me when I walked into the hospital four years ago for my first assignment as a peer recovery specialist. “Hey,” she said. …

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First Opinion

Opinion: As a physician and a patient, I’ve seen the damage caused by the stigma of addiction. It must end

08.12.2020

Although the disease of addiction is now obscured by the dark cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to tear America apart. It’s a relentless killer, fed by anxiety and …

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