Drug czar: Treat addiction as public health issue
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — 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 Control …
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Cape addicts wait months for treatment
Cape Town – Drug addicts in the province who cannot afford private in-patient treatment and rely on the state usually have to wait between three and four months as the centres are always full, says the social development ministry. The South African …
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