Fighting drugs with drugs

Published August 4, 2013

Fighting drugs with drugs
Suboxone, a prescription opiate used to fight addictions, has become a popular choice among doctors when treating heroin addicts. Dr. Vinayak Shukla, a Suboxone doctor working in Marion, said the drug has a ceiling effect that prevents addicts from … Read more on Marion Star

Synthetic drug use still prevalant in small-town setting
A report from the Center for Substance Abuse Research in the fall of 1998 also indicated that there was a 250 percent increase in the number of heroin addicts age 18-21 that entered Carroll County treatment centers. Today, agencies are altering their … Read more on Carroll County Times

Leeds needle scheme aims to help drug addicts
Treating the mental health and drug and/or alcohol problem together within the same integrated service is recommended in national guidelines but this is all too often not the case. The Leeds Dual Diagnosis Network aims to develop a strategy to improve … Read more on Yorkshire Evening Post

Promises Addiction Treatment Center –