Better Protections for Vulnerable Victims

Better Protections for Vulnerable Victims
Two campaigns to assist vulnerable populations were unveiled in Santa Barbara this week. The first is a task force set up to combat human trafficking, and it largely focuses on young people. The other is a collaborative effort by the public and private …
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Penn researchers study a drug that slows heavy drinking
Personalized medicine is all the rage in cancer treatment, as doctors increasingly tailor medicines to specific mutations in patients' tumors. Now, the approach is making its way into addiction treatment. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania …
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Heroin overdose antidote promises fewer deaths but raises questions over who …
… officers and the people advocates say are the most critical group — people who abuse drugs, and their friends and families. Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a …
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Zohydro: Powerful Painkiller 'Genuinely Frightening'
This past week over 40 consumer watchdog and addiction treatment groups, as well as dozens of experts and healthcare agencies, all banded together to send a petition to the FDA asking that the hydrocodone-based drug's approval be revoked.
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