The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), contributed a $1.86 million grant to the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Dentistry to lead a study on the hazards that methamphetamine use causes to oral and dental health. The projected four-year study focused on the higher rates of oral diseases among methamphetamine users and how the presence of serious dental diseases in patients could help identify methamphetamine users in the early stages of abuse since other medical signs of meth use…
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What are 12 Step Programs for addiction treatment?
The 12 steps as guides to recovery for alcoholics have been around for decades. Since their origin in the 1930s as the foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous, the 12 steps have been expanded, altered, and used in other types of addiction treatment. Although 12-step based programs have helped many people get sober and stay sober over the years, the concept of the steps has also had numerous detractors. As scientific research begins to answer questions about addiction, many people question the effectiveness of 12-step programs. Although the 12 steps did not…
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