Compulsory Detention for Drug Use Undermines Treatment in Laos

Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos
Activists and health workers are calling for more transparency into government efforts to treat users, science-based therapies that recognizes drug addiction as a disease and harm reduction initiatives to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDs among drug users.
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A New Treatment for Addiction and PTSD?
"We see this as being a pharmaceutical therapy to go along with cognitive-behavioral therapy for people with substance abuse disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder," says study leader Courtney Miller of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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BEN BRAGDON: Without treatment, addiction won't go away
The Co-Occurring Disorders Court in Kennebec County, for instance, puts offenders with mental illness and substance abuse problems under strict requirements of treatment, counseling and reporting to the court. The court's veterans program recently …
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