Does Calling Heroin Addiction A Brain Disease Help Avoid Tragedies Like Philip …
The dominant model for addiction treatment in the United States is the 12-step approach promoted by Alcoholics Anonymous, which describes addiction as a disease yet advocates what amounts to a spiritual cure—one that does not seem to work better than …
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Drug Treatment Court Fund established at Kalamazoo Community Foundation
DTCF supported the work of the Drug Treatment Court in Kalamazoo County, which began in 1992 as one of only 12 in the country at that time. The new fund will provide a permanent source of revenue for programs that give people the chance to repair their …
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Children with cancer 'denied drugs because of EU rules'
Although waivers are appropriate when an adult cancer drug will not work in childhood cancers, says the ICR, they are often granted even when a drug has a broader action and could potentially treat childhood tumours. For example, drugs have been …
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Cobourg patient drew the 'short straw' in cancer drug trial
“The desire to do the best you can for a patient and for a patient to get the treatment that you think could help them, versus the need to be certain that treatments really work and that there's a real benefit and it's worth whatever risk, that's …
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