Addiction
Background: Previous studies have shown that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may serve as a potential treatment for cocaine use disorder (CUD), which remains a public health problem...
A Randomized, Open Label Trial of Methadone Continuation versus Forced Withdrawal in a Combined US Prison and Jail
Highlights MMT during incarceration leads to lower injection drug and heroin use. MMT during incarceration leads to fewer non-fatal overdoses. MMT during incarceration leads to higher rates of engagement in treatment. Abstract Recently...
Heroin Uncertainties: Exploring Users’ Perceptions of Fentanyl-Adulterated and -Substituted ‘Heroin’
Abstract Background The US is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic fostered in recent years by regional contamination of the heroin supply with the fentanyl family of synthetic opioids. Since 2011 opioid-related overdose...
Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse Annual Conference
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42nd Annual AMERSA Conference
NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals) 2018 Annual Conference
NAADAC's 2018 Annual Conference: Shoot for the Stars will take place in Houston, TX at The Westin Galleria Houston from October 5-9, 2018.
INEBRIA 2018 (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs)
The conference will take place in Santiago de Chile, Chile, September 26-28 and the title for this year’s conference is “Challenges faced in the implementation of brief interventions in diverse settings, contexts and population groups”.
Conference: Cocaine - A Powerful Drug
The master's degree in Integral Consumption of Drug Prevention of the Institute of Sciences of the Health of the Universidad Veracruzana invites you to the Conference "Cocaine: A Powerful Drug" on Friday, April 6 from 12 to 2 pm (Central Mexico time) (GMT - 6)).
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