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25-May-2007

 

Vancouver safe injection site users more likely to detox, start methodone: study (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO (CP) - A new study says injection drug users who visit Vancouver's embattled safe injection site are more likely to enter Detox programs.

Waiting list has 1,300 daily (Hammond Daily Star)
ALBANY - Before Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana did not have enough hospital, clinic, Detox or halfway house beds to help people with addictive disorders and mental health problems such as depression.

Safe injection users more likely to go through detox, start methodone: study (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO (CP) - Drug addicts who visit Vancouver's embattled safe injection site are more likely to enter detox programs, more likely to start methadone therapy and reduce their number of monthly visits to the facility, a new study reports.

Drug addicts vomit out their ills in Thai monastery (Reuters.co.uk)
THAM KRABOK, Thailand (Reuters) - An obscure Buddhist monastery in central Thailand that advocates a secret herbal potion and ritual vomiting for drug addicts has become a final source of hope for thousands of Thais and Westerners. Since its foundation in 1959, Wat Tham Krabok, 140 km (85 miles) north of Bangkok, has put nearly 100,000 addicts through its "cold turkey" detox programme and given ...

Drug addicts vomit out their ills in Thai monastery (Reuters.co.uk)
THAM KRABOK, Thailand (Reuters) - An obscure Buddhist monastery in central Thailand that advocates a secret herbal potion and ritual vomiting for drug addicts has become a final source of hope for thousands of Thais and Westerners. Since its foundation in 1959, Wat Tham Krabok, 140 km (85 miles) north of Bangkok, has put nearly 100,000 addicts through its "cold turkey" detox program and given ...

Addicts purge drugs and more at Zen detox (MSNBC)
An obscure Buddhist monastery in central Thailand that advocates a secret herbal potion and ritual vomiting for drug addicts has become a final source of hope for thousands of Thais and Westerners.

Vancouver safe injection site led to boost in treatment: Study (The Globe and Mail)
New study shows controversial safe injection site prompted increasing numbers of heroin users to seek treatment

Life detox tips (iVillage)
If you're feeling generally under the weather, physical and emotional toxins maybe to blame. Amanda Hamilton and Sandy Newbigging, authors of Life Detox, share their tips to get you started

Thai therapy for drug addicts (ITV.com)
A Thai Buddhist monastery is offering drug addicts a unique way of kicking their habit, involving herbal potions and group vomiting. Since its foundation in 1959, Wat Tham Krabok, 85 miles north of Bangkok, has put nearly 100,000 addicts through its "cold turkey" Detox programme.

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