BNN Pushing for Fairer Treatment of Drug Addicts

BNN Pushing for Fairer Treatment of Drug Addicts
Anang Iskandar, the head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), told a discussion in Jakarta on Thursday that his office had always tried to treat drug users differently from those who dealt, trafficked or supplied narcotics. “There needs to be a … Read more on Jakarta Globe

Drug czar: Treat addiction as public health issue
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The nation's drug czar explained Thursday that the most effective way to address widespread addiction problems is to approach chronic drug abuse as a brain disease and strive to provide treatment to addicts. National Drug … Read more on Tbo.com

Beating addiction out of you – literally
He has had success with showbiz clients and believes he could help people like British singer Pete Doherty who has repeatedly failed to respond to other treatments. Whether drink or drug addicts, or people who are miserable and depressed, these Russian … Read more on The Siberian Times

SALOME Study for treatment of heroin addiction (1/7) – The SALOME Study will test whether hydromorphone (Dilaudid®), a licensed medication, is as good as diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient of heroin, in bene…