We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs

We Need a Conceptual Breakthrough in the War on Drugs

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

Americans believe drugs cause addiction — the more drugs, the more addiction. So we need, above all, always to stem the supply of drugs. And the disease theory espoused by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (embodied by Nora Volkow: June 13, 2011 …
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Hepatitis C Drug Derailed by Deal

Filed under: drug treatment news 2011

Results from a study presented Tuesday at a meeting of liver specialists in Boston showed Gilead's combo plus a third drug cured all 25 previously untreated hepatitis C patients a month after receiving 12 weeks of treatment. But some doctors worry …
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Gilead's new HIV drug shows non-inferiority to established therapy

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Eviplera was approved by the European Commission in November 2011, becoming the first single-tablet regimen approved for patients new to HIV therapy in Europe. Sales of the product increased more than fivefold in the third quarter of 2012, compared to …
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