How to Make Drug Courts Work – Washington Post

How to make drug courts work – Washington Post

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These are interventions for drug-using criminal offenders in which a judge acts like a parole officer and ensures that the offender stays in treatment, gets a job and stays out of trouble. They have attracted much enthusiasm from both the … More than …
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Roadside Breath Test for Drugs Could Be on Horizon

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Using a commercially available breath sampler, Swedish scientists were able to identify 12 substances in the breath of at least 40 patients who had taken drugs in the previous 24 hours and were recovering at a drug-addiction emergency clinic. The …
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Abuse-Deterrent Labeling Approved for Reformulated OxyContin

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“Purdue Pharma is pleased with the FDA's approval of this new language for the OxyContin label, which will provide important information to healthcare professionals,” said Gary L. Stiles, MD, senior vice president of research and development at Purdue …
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