Treatments for opioid dependence, such as methadone and buprenorphine, are effective. But some people who stand to benefit are missing out.
We need many more funded research studies to fully understand exactly how CBD might play a role in the treatment of opioid use disorder.
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Maybe it's time the government listened to the advice offered by its Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
People without ID, like Steven Kemp, are sometimes turned away from the country’s already threadbare system of drug treatment centers.
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Hoping to avoid the pitfalls and tropes of drug genre photography, documentary photographer Aaron Goodman spent a year following three addicts enrolled in a heroin-assisted treatment program.
What worked for you doesn’t work for everyone.
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Paul Hayes, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
You would be forgiven for thinking that Russell Brand, that radical left-winger and advocate of revolution, and Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative secretary of state for work and pensions, didn’t have anything…
Most overdose deaths are due to heroin but an increasing number are due to pain relieving prescription opioid drugs.
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Once again, overdose deaths from opioids are increasing in Australia. And once again, we are in danger of ignoring effective, evidence-based interventions. According to the National Drug and Alcohol Research…
The proportion of Australians who support methadone treatment has increased in recent years – it was 69% in 2010.
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released its annual report of the methadone and buprenorphine treatment programs operated by the states and territories today. On census day – June…