Human Rights Group Questions Ethics of Chinese Drug Treatment Study

Human Rights Group Questions Ethics of Chinese Drug Treatment Study

Filed under: Treatment for Drug Abuse and Addiction

The researchers, led by Yan-Xue Xue of Peking University in Beijing, tested a psychological technique for reducing cravings in drug addicts that can threaten a relapse into drug abuse. Those cravings are usually triggered by specific environmental cues …
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Few local treatment options exist for teens addicted to heroin

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The statewide study was a response to the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey of 2011, which found that New Mexico adolescents use drugs at younger ages than their peers in other states and are more likely to have tried heroin. This past spring, BEAR …
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Human Rights Watch: Hundreds of Thousands Still Tortured in Name of Drug …

Filed under: Treatment for Drug Abuse and Addiction

The forced labor is believed to “treat” the detainees' drug addictions, but it fails miserably. Human Rights Watch reports on the case of Que Phong, a Vietnamese man who voluntarily sought treatment for heroin addiction in 2004, when he was in his late …
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Detox, rehab keep few meth users clean long term

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 314000 teens and adults in the United States were current meth users in 2008. Meth use and treatment increased in the 1990's and early 2000's, but may now be on the decline. There are few addiction …
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