Cocaine and Methamphetamine Dependence: Advances in Treatment

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It was a classic case of judging a book by its cover, only this time the one doing the judging was my wife. When she noticed Cocaine and Methamphetamine Dependence: Advances in Treatment on the desk in our hotel room, she said, “Ew!” I had to laugh, because as medical director for an opioid treatment program and a Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, I deal with cocaine and methamphetamine addiction all the time. As an avid reader and well-educated person with a graduate degree in a health sciences-related field, my wife still had the reaction that a great deal of society has to these addictions and the people who experience them.