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Innovation, Research

Study: Laws that punish substance use during pregnancy do more harm than good

May 6, 2020

Via: The Medical News

A new study co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher shows that laws that punish substance use during pregnancy actually do more harm than good. These unintended consequences include keeping women from getting the treatment they need and failing […]


Innovation, Patient Experience

Coronavirus crisis opens access to online opioid addiction treatment

April 23, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is making addiction treatment easier to get. Under the national emergency declared by the Trump administration in March, the government has suspended […]


Innovation, Research

Cannabis cannot be used as a replacement drug for people with opioid use disorder

November 19, 2019

Via: The Medical News

There has been interest in cannabis being used as a replacement drug for people with opioid use disorder, but research at McMaster University has found it doesn’t work. The research team looked at all research on the effects of cannabis […]


News

Doctors make big money testing urine for drugs, then ignore abnormal results

November 29, 2017

Via: The Medical News

In April 2014, state and federal drug agents raided Jeffrey Campbell’s medical clinic in Jeffersonville, Ind. Police cars blocked the parking lot as bewildered patients scattered and the agents carted off boxes of records from the doctor’s office. Some of […]