Beating addiction out of you – literally
Beating addiction out of you – literally
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The cure involves literally beating the addiction, obsession or depression out of the patient. Dr Pilipenko claims he is restoring or modernising a method of treatment known to previous generations including notorious cane-happy English schoolmasters …
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Report says BC a model for treating opioid addiction
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The number of methadone-prescribing facilities in the U.S. constitutes only about 8 per cent of all substance-abuse treatment facilities. And it is estimated that less than 10 per cent of Americans addicted to heroin and prescription opioids are …
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Monteith's Death Shows Rehab Alone Won't Cure Addiction
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"People have the impression that treatment is complete when the person is sober. They're not using the drug anymore, so they're all better," said Dr. Stuart Gitlow, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. "In chronic lifelong disease …
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