PEOPLE OF THE YEAR: THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DRUG EPIDEMIC
And, according to NADC, drug courts are six times more likely than community-based programs to keep offenders in treatment long enough to rehabilitate them. Plans are underway for a drug court in Worcester, but Bibaud said it takes a significant … Read more on Worcester Mag

FDA Approves Zurampic To Treat Gout
“Controlling hyperuricemia is critical to the long-term treatment of gout,” said Badrul Chowdhury, MD, the director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Rheumatology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Zurampic provides … Read more on Pain Medicine News

Treatment instead of jail for addicts
This fall,a new kind of court session came to order in Massachusetts, one that holds enormous promise for a region coping with an exploding opioid epidemic by offering integrated treatment for low-level drug defendants rather than costly long-term … Read more on The Boston Globe