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Is the NHS Trying to Kill Rehab Clinics?

By Rupert Wolfe Murray, 7 Apr 2012

Drugs and alcohol are getting a lot of airtime these days – David Cameron recently launched his new Alcohol Strategy and Sir Richard Branson leads the charge against the so-called War on Drugs. There is more debate on these issues than there has been for years.

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Methadone Prescribing: Facts and Risks

By d.mccann, 20 Oct 2011

NHS Grampian Conference with Dr Bruce DavidsonA report from the NHS Grampian conference in Aberdeen last week where Dr. Bruce Davidson spoke on "Methadone and Substitute Prescribing - Exploring the Facts".  At the end of the talk I questioned Dr. Davidson on the risks of long-term methadone use on cognitive impairment and osteoporosis 

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Renewing the Right to Rehab

By d.mccann, 11 Aug 2011

Is the NHS respecting the UK’s right to rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction?  

An emphatic “no” seems to be the answer.

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