Drug Rehab in the News: Articles on Addiction & Recovery
- Drug users on probation can be required to remain drug-free, court rules The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that it was not cruel and unusual punishment to put a person who is on probation in jail after one positive… Read article
- Here’s How Prescription Pills Turn Chronic Pain Patients Into Heroin Addicts Call Turning Point Treatment Center’s at 949-383-4439 for affordable residential inpatient drug rehabilitation. Heroin addiction often begins with the medicine cabinet, where people develop a… Read article
- Doctors say controversial treatment for new moms with drug addiction a success Doctors say a treatment strategy is a proven success in battling the opioid epidemic among new mothers even though it still has some opponents.… Read article
- Novel app may help anticipate opioid overdose A recently developed app identified changes in breathing patterns that preceded likely opioid overdoses, as well as during an actual overdose, according to a… Read article
- Over four decades, an ‘inexorable’ epidemic of drug overdoses reveals its inner secrets Americans have long construed drugs of abuse as choices. Poor choices that can cost users their lives, to be sure, but choices nonetheless. But… Read article
- New Wave of Complex Street Drugs Puzzles Emergency Doctors At a time when drug overdoses are becoming more prevalent and lethal, a new report provides a snapshot of regional illicit drug use and,… Read article
- There’s “no safe level of alcohol,” major new study concludes While some medical studies — and a great deal of media attention — have focused on possible health benefits of drinking alcohol in moderation, a large… Read article
- ‘No Doubt’ Kratom Is an Opioid With High Abuse Potential One of the two major psychoactive constituents in kratom has high abuse potential and may also increase the intake of other opiates, new research… Read article
- California Lawmakers Advance Measures to Curb Opioid Crisis California lawmakers have advanced 10 opioid-related bills in an effort to curb drug addiction in the state. … Read article
- What Could Happen If Trump Formally Declares Opioids A National Emergency Call Turning Point Treatment Center’s at 949-383-4439 for affordable residential inpatient drug rehabilitation. Opioid abuse is a crisis, but is it an emergency? That’s… Read article