Increased use of medication signals spike in Boston drug ODs

Published February 11, 2014

Increased use of medication signals spike in Boston drug ODs
Use of an anti-overdose drug is up dramatically in Boston this year, with medics using the antidote naloxone more than once a day on addicts, signaling a spike in overdoses as Mayor Martin J. Walsh plans to launch a campaign to put the lifesaving tool …
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The 10-Point.
But now they have a different idea: wait until the problem passes. We find that officials plan to … This sort of method "may have a chance to be the new drug of the 21st century," says Dr. Roi Cohen Kadosh, the Oxford researcher who pioneered this …
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After 75 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous, It's Time to Admit We Have a Problem
Fortunately—just in time for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, which mandates that substance misuse be covered in a way that is equivalent to coverage for physical illnesses—a spate of new books is challenging the 12-step hegemony …
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