What Are Some Treatments for Drug Abuse?

Question by Snoopy the Dog: what are some treatments for drug abuse?
and will they get better? how long will it take?
Plz list them!

Thanks this is for a big psychology project

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Substance abuse among US military declared a public health crisis

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Contributing to the problem are outdated military policies on preventing and treating substance use disorders, according to the IOM. “Many of these policies had been drafted more than 10 years previously and had not been revised to reflect emerging …
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Help to curb drug abuse

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Police departments across the Seacoast and nation will collect thousands of pounds of unwanted prescription drugs for the fifth annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. The Sept. 29 event's benefits are twofold: to prevent drug …
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Fewer Young Adults are Abusing Prescription Drugs

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It's unclear what accounts for this new decline among young adults, but Peter J. Delany, director of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, told TakePart he has some theories. For several years, there has been a dip in illicit prescription drug …
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Spotting the Signs of Drug Abuse

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This is why most people don't get treatment for their addiction until it becomes so severe that they cannot hide it anymore. We recently admitted a beautiful young woman who is addicted to heroin. She talks openly of the drug being the only love she …
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