Addiction Medicine
Data on addiction medicine detailed by R.K. Chandler and co-authors
Published in Law and Health Weekly, February 14th, 2009
"Despite increasing evidence that addiction is a treatable disease of the brain, most individuals do not receive treatment. Involvement in the criminal justice system often results from illegal drug- seeking behavior and participation in illegal activities that reflect, in part, disrupted behavior ensuing from brain changes triggered by repeated drug use," scientists in the United States report.
"Treating drug- involved offenders provides a unique opportunity to decrease substance abuse and reduce associated criminal behavior. Emerging neuroscience has the potential to transform traditional sanction- oriented public safety approaches by providing new therapeutic...
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