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Treatment community largely absent from ballot debate on legalization
If opponents of easing legal restrictions on marijuana use succeed in seeing some of five recreational marijuana initiatives fail at the polls next month, they likely will do so despite a relatively underfinanced effort with minimal participation from treating professionals who address the adverse consequences of expanded access.
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Medications to treat alcohol abuse are often overlooked
Drugs that could help millions of people who struggle with alcohol abuse problems are often overlooked by doctors and patients, according to public health officials.
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Drug Makers Disagree on Overdose Antidote
Drug companies have their differences when it comes to how dosing should be administered following an opioid overdose.
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Alcohol Use Disorder Drug Shows Promise
An experimental drug -- a vasopressin antagonist called ABT-436 -- shows some promise in treating alcohol use disorder and smoking, according to a study published online in Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Novel Compound May Help Stress-Related Alcohol Abuse
The novel compound ABT-436, a V1b receptor antagonist, may be particularly useful for treating people with alcohol use disorder who also have high anxiety and stress levels, new research shows.
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Cartels Selling Deadly Fentanyl Disguised as Other Drug
The cartel's fentanyl is much more dangerous than pharmaceutical fentanyl
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Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase.
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New opioids could relieve pain without dangerous side effects
Once hailed as saviors of pain patients everywhere, opioids — including oxycodone and fentanyl — have caused an addiction epidemic in the United States and earned the scorn of doctors, patients and lawmakers
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How drug companies helped drive the opioid crisis
The abuse of opioids has become a major public health concern; more than 28,000 people died by overdose in 2014. According to reporting by STAT News, drug companies downplayed the addictive effects of opioid drugs in the late 1990s, assuring doctors that they could be safely used for chronic pain and incentivised their use.
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