Opposing View: No Drug Test, No Welfare

Published March 19, 2012

Opposing view: No drug test, no welfare

Filed under: Treatment for Drug Abuse and Addiction

Arizona established a program in 2009 to test welfare recipients for drug abuse when there's a reasonable suspicion of drug use. This program confronts addicts with their drug abuse problems so they may quickly receive treatment and become productive …
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Study examines long-term effects of methadone treatment in pregnancy

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(Medical Xpress) — Life gets off to a rough start for babies born to drug-dependent women, even when their mothers' addiction is clinically managed during pregnancy with methadone or other therapeutic replacement drugs. Born with their own chemical …
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Drug addicts die waiting for treatment

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VICTORIANS are dying while they wait for alcohol and drug treatment from overwhelmed services, the chief executive of Odyssey House says. In a plea for more funding, Dr Stefan Gruenert said years of under-investment was forcing providers to cut …
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