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Addiction Medicine
Research reports on addiction medicine from University of California, Institute for Health Policy Studies provide new insights
March 22nd, 2008
A report, 'Substance abuse counselor certification in California: how is nicotine addiction addressed,' is newly published data in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. According to recent research from the United States, "Persons entering substance abuse treatment smoke at rates three to four times that of the general population, but programs providing substance abuse treatment rarely address comorbid nicotine addiction. With California's recent adoption of a regulation requiring alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselors to be certified, this study explored the degree to which nicotine addiction education was required or recommended to obtain certification by examining pertinent...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-22)
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