Category: Addiction

Vancouver clinic prescribes medical-grade heroin to chronic addicts Dr. Scott MacDonald, the lead physician at Providence Crosstown Clinic, one of two safe injection sites in…

Issue information ‐ toc No abstract is available for this article. (2016), ISSUE INFORMATION – TOC. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35: 123–124. doi: 10.1111/dar.12408…See all stories on…

Pa. gets grant to study effectiveness of opioid addiction treatment The money comes from J-PAL North America, which is based at the Massachusetts Institute of…

Risky Rats Give Clues on Brain Circuitry Behind Taking a Chance A new study found that a specific type of neuron in a certain brain…

Vancouver doctor tells US senate committee ‘every tool’ is needed to fight drug crisis A Vancouver doctor on the cutting edge of treating drug addicts…

US Senate struggles with concept of prescription heroin, injection sites Like Canada, the United States is in the grip of an opioid crisis fuelled by…

FDA outlines standards for anti-abuse generic painkillers FILE – This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows the Food & Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring,…

Epidemiology, Evolution, and Long-Term Survival of Alcoholic Cirrhosis Patients Submitted to Liver Transplantation in Southeastern Spain. CONCLUSIONS: AC without viral infections is the main indication…

Alcohol Toxicity in Diabetes and Its Complications: A Double Trouble? Eight percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), while another…

Vernon man sentenced in US for operating helicopter drug smuggling ring At today’s sentencing U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik noted that the drugs trafficked…