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Woman Forced Into Treatment Challenges Wisconsin Law That Allows Detention

...  … After Beltran declined, social workers and cops got involved, the upshot being a court order sending her to Casa Clare, a drug treatment center in Appleton, where she was confined until October 4. Beltran, who is currently about… Continue reading

Disulfiram: New Support for an Old Addiction Drug

...  New Support for an Old Addiction Drug High levels of acetaldehyde in the body quickly cause unpleasant symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, headache, and accelerated heart rate. Thus, disulfiram provides a very … Senior author David Nielsen at Baylor College… Continue reading

FDA Convenes Hearing on Pain-Pill Labels

...  Convenes Hearing on Pain-Pill Labels … are fueling an epidemic of addiction and overdose deaths. The agency is considering a petition by a group of 35 doctors and pain specialists to include a recommended upper daily dose on the… Continue reading

Pain Pills' Littlest Victims

Pain Pills' Littlest Victims Between 2000 and 2009, the number of newborns showing symptoms of withdrawal from drugs called opioids—including painkillers like oxycodone and antiaddiction drugs such as methadone—tripled in the U.S., according to a study published earlier this …… Continue reading

Guidance Counselor Busted in Prostitution Ring Had Cocaine Addiction & PhD

...  is accused to purchasing crack cocaine and Viagra to … Read more on Gothamist   Kirstie Alley Talks Former Cocaine Addiction Filed under: cocane addiction November 07, 2012. Kirstie Alley reveals to ET's Chris Jacobs gritty details of her… Continue reading

Catalyst Pharma Shares Collapse After Addiction Drug Flops in PhIIb

...  Pharma shares collapse after addiction drug flops in PhIIb Filed under: Cocaine Abuse Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners ($ CPRX) says that its cocaine addiction therapy flopped in a Phase IIb study, missing primary and secondary endpoints and triggering a collapse… Continue reading