Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy

Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy
New research from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, suggests that people who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine are able to quit cigarette smoking while being treated for their substance … Read more on Medical News Today

Veterans' treatment addresses both mental illness, substance abuse
Integrated dual disorder treatment recognizes that substance addiction and serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, schizophrenia severe post-traumatic stress disorder — need to be treated together, said Gary Stofle, coordinator of the Columbus VA … Read more on Columbus Dispatch

Treating Opioid Addiction
Re “Addiction Treatment With a Dark Side” (“The Double-Edged Drug” series, front page, Nov. 17): Medications used to treat opioid addiction save lives. And they can be misused. The American Society of Addiction Medicine agrees that all providers are … Read more on New York Times

What is the cost of inpatient treatment for addiction? – Inpatient treatment varies accordingly to the state, and the services provided; you can get inpatient treatment at a very reasonable price, but the quality i…