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Treating Drug Problems: Volume 1: A Study of the Evolution, Effectiveness, and Financing of Public and Private Drug Treatment Systems

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Drug Dependence, a Chronic Medical Illness: Implications for Treatment, Insurance, and Outcomes Evaluation

TL;DR: Evidence that drug (including alcohol) dependence is a chronic medical illness is examined and results suggest that long-term care strategies of medication management and continued monitoring produce lasting benefits.
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Mortality among regular or dependent users of heroin and other opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

TL;DR: Mortality among opioid-dependent users varies across countries and populations; treatment is clearly protective against mortality even in non-randomized observational studies; study characteristics predict mortality levels.
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A Comparison of Levomethadyl Acetate, Buprenorphine, and Methadone for Opioid Dependence

TL;DR: As compared with low-dose methadone, levomethadyl acetate, buprenorphine, and high-dose Methadone substantially reduce the use of illicit opioids.
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Multidimensional family therapy for adolescent drug abuse: results of a randomized clinical trial

TL;DR: Results support the efficacy of MDFT, a relatively short-term, multicomponent, multitarget, family-based intervention in significantly reducing adolescent drug abuse and facilitating adaptive and protective developmental processes.
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