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West Coast NADA Report: Where Acupuncturists Are Many, Services For Addicts Suffer

February 13, 2012

By Ryan Bemis, published in Guidepoints: News from NADA, January 2012 – not available online, reprinted with permission. Paid licensed acupuncturist positions within addictions and psychiatric programs in Oregon and California have sharply declined in recent years largely due to budget issues, and as a result dozens of acupuncture-based services for the public have ended, […]

County told acupuncture aids addicts

February 18, 1988

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From The Oregonian – February 15, 1988 Acupuncture treatments appear to have slashed the recidivism rates of alcoholics and drug addicts passing through Multnomah County detoxification programs in the last six months. Normally, 20 percent to 25 percent of those participating in the county’s alcohol and drug detox programs fail to complete them and return […]