Dr. Mark Kleiman – Expert on Policy Control, Drug Abuse & Crime Control

Dr. Mark Kleiman – Expert on Policy Control, Drug Abuse & Crime Control – Dr. Mark Kleiman is Professor of Public Policy in the UCLA School of Public Affairs, teaching courses on methods of policy analysis and on drug abuse and cri…

Sociologists Find Treatment Works, but Only for Urban Parolees

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Substance abuse treatment is the most common type of assistance for offenders, followed by programs that help improve cognitive and decision-making skills. Although researchers … For the first phase of this research project, Hochstetler and Peters …
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Despite free treatment, Britain lags others on health

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Chris Murray, who led the work at the University of Washington, said Britain's poor performance was partly due to dramatic increases in Alzheimer's disease and in drug and alcohol abuse problems, and to a failure to tackle leading killers such as heart …
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Insurance companies frustrate NJ families seeking addiction treatment

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The doctors, according to his mother, told Michael he'd have better luck with the insurance company if he had a dual diagnosis: a drug addict who was also mentally unstable. Would he, they asked, … A clinician might want to err on the side of more …
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