Prescription Drug Abuse Summit- Treatment and Prevention Perspective- 01

Published January 29, 2014

Prescription Drug Abuse Summit- Treatment and Prevention Perspective- 01 –

St. Johnsbury Forum Takes Aim At Drug Addiction

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Attendees at a community forum in St. Johnsbbury discuss ways to prevent and combat drug addiction. As Vermont gears up to tackle the problem of opioid addiction, drug treatment providers are bracing for an influx of clients. But are there enough …
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Medical marijuana is humane

Filed under: prescription drug addiction treatment

And, compared to other prescription medications, like widely used opioid pain relievers, medical cannabis is relatively safe, having no known lethal dose and few side effects. The Compassionate Care Act will ultimately make the job of drug treatment …
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Side Effects Including Hallucinations and Sleep Driving Cause Questioning of …

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While conventional medical thinking would suggest all of these conditions would merit treatment, evolutions in modern medicine have created a rabbithole- esque world in which these grave conditions are, in fact, simply side effects of new drugs on the …
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