Drug Treatment in Prison: Orientation

Drug Treatment in Prison: Orientation

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Prisoners who qualify for the Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) can get up to a year off their sentence for completing the 500-hour, 10 month-long course. Upon admission, each prisoner is given an orientation handbook to …
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Diabetes Medication could Treat Drug Addiction

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The new findings show that the part of the brain targeted by the medication appears to be related to certain types of drug addiction. "What we have demonstrated is that a brain mechanism already known to be therapeutic for the treatment of diabetes …
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Old Drug Kills Resistant Head Lice

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration used the results to approve topical ivermectin lotion in February. "The advantage of it is, it's a one-application, one-shot treatment," lead author Dr. David Pariser of Eastern Virginia Medical School, in Norfolk …
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