Heroin is the main drug taken by injection in Kenya. Mostly found and used in Kenya's big cities—Mombasa and Nairobi—it's hard to know just how widespread heroin use is. But estimates range between 18 000 and 33 000 people.
Oct 15, 2019
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The opioid epidemic may have cost U.S. state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to opioid-related employment loss, according to Penn State researchers.
Apr 11, 2019
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Michael Fendrich is associate dean for research and a professor in the UConn School of Social Work, whose research focuses on policies, services, interventions, and risk factors related to substance misuse and mental health. ...
Oct 22, 2018
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Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during pregnancy. As U.S. states legalize marijuana and as governmental attention focuses on the "opioid crisis," ...
Aug 20, 2018
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An expanded program to treat prisoners for opioid addiction helped lower the number of accidental drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island in 2017 after years of steady increases, state health officials said.
Apr 9, 2018
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Combining substance abuse treatment with regular medical care can successfully treat people with opioid or alcohol addiction, providing an option that might expand treatment and lower the cost of caring for people caught ...
Sep 5, 2017
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A new article in JAMA Psychiatry details the first step in revealing how craving works in the brain. Scientists at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas are the first to propose a systematic and ...
May 3, 2017
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A recent study finds that even small, day-to-day stressors can cause an increase in illegal drug use among people on probation or parole who have a history of substance use. The study could inform future treatment efforts ...
May 3, 2017
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Researchers at Washington State University have shown that offering prizes - from simple shampoo to DVD players - can be an effective, low-cost treatment for alcohol abuse, the nation's third leading preventable cause of ...
Feb 7, 2017
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The U.S. Senate approved a bill July 13 with a vote of 92-2 to treat the nation's opioid addiction crisis. It's worth noting that one state – Georgia – recently passed a law that could block, rather than expand, access ...
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