Civil commitment for substance use disorder treatment—what do addiction medicine specialists think?
New York to let vaccinated people ditch masks
17 May 2021A connection between senescence and stem cells is caused by a breast cancer-initiating protein
17 May 2021Civil commitment for substance use disorder treatment—what do addiction medicine specialists think?
Amid the rising toll of opioid overdoses and deaths in the U.S., several states are considering laws enabling civil commitment for involuntary treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). Most addiction medicine physicians support civil commitment for SUD treatment—but others strongly oppose this approach, reports a survey study in Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
