Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration

Published January 10, 2013

Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration

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States such as California, weighing the costs, chose to invest in treatment programs. “According to the California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment (CALDATA), every $ 1 invested in substance abuse treatment has a return of $ 7 in cost savings from …
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Distributing Naloxone to Heroin Users Highly Cost Effective

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Phillip Coffin, MD, San Francisco Department of Public Health, in California, and Sean Sullivan, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, found that depending on the analysis used, naloxone distribution would prevent 6.5% of all overdose deaths for each …
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Industrial scientist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Milner

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In addition Milner heads up California-based Optivia Biotechnology, which works with pharmaceutical companies to identify situations where drugs interacting with other drugs during treatment can be harmful and thus improve drug safety.
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