Crack Addicts Rounded Up After Rio Slum Takeovers

Published October 19, 2012

Crack addicts rounded up after Rio slum takeovers

Filed under: Treatment of Cocaine Addiction

Days after police stormed one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous shantytowns to seize back territory long held by a powerful drug dealing organization, city health and welfare workers are working to ease the despair and devastation left behind among …
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New approaches in the treatment of alcohol dependence

Filed under: Treatment of Cocaine Addiction

A recent study discovered abnormalities in brain systems linked to controlling behaviour as measured by SSRT in both cocaine-dependent individuals and their biological siblings who had no history of chronic drug abuse (Ersche et al., 2012). These …
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