A Safe Exit for Sex Workers | Brian Tobin

Scientists urged to look at addiction care that blocks high, rewires brains
WASHINGTON – Could a once-a-month alcoholism shot keep some of the highest-risk heroin addicts from relapse? A drug that wakes up narcoleptics treat cocaine addiction? An old antidepressant fight methamphetamine?

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First steps: Saudi company studies U.S. addiction aid for Muslims
DETROIT — Mohammed Al-Turaiki left his traditional Saudi Arabian headdress behind in favor of a blazer and sweater as he made the rounds at one of the United States’ oldest addiction treatment centers.

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A safe exit for sex workers | Brian Tobin
In Bradford, as we saw in Ipswich, addiction and poverty have led women to pay with their lives The murder of three women working as prostitutes in Bradford has reminded us of the terror that gripped the streets of Ipswich four years ago . During Steve Wright’s killing spree in the winter of 2006, many of the women I work with became acutely aware of their vulnerability and wanted to get out …

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