By Kari Huus Reporter MSNBC Updated: 12:54 p.m. PT Nov 1, 2006 A drug cocktail that backers say is the first effective treatment for methamphetamine and cocaine addiction is dividing substance abuse experts into two hostile camps — those who say they have seen it work wonders and those who say it has been rushed…
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Drug Task Force Member Appears on Nat’l Shows
by Andrew Davis 2008-01-02 Jim Pickett, a member of the Chicago Task Force on LGBT Substance Use and Abuse ( formerly known as the Chicago Crystal Meth Task Force ) appeared on a segment of the Dec. 13 airing of The Mike and Juliet Show, a nationally syndicated program, to discuss the controversial drug treatment…
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New York Times Magazine – An Anti-Addiction Pill? June 25, 2006
By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS Last month, the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was host to a conference about addiction for a small, invitation-only crowd of neuroscientists, clinicians and public policy makers. It was an unusual gathering. Addiction conferences are usually sober affairs, but M.I.T. offered a lavish cocktail reception…
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