5 Day opiate in-patient detox. Naltrexone implants available.

Whyitsaboutthem support friends and family of drug & alcohol abusers.

Case studies from Maine, Washington, and Oregon; measurements of improvements provided.

Information on smoking, quitting and the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions by the Therapeutics Initiative of the University of British Columbia.

Summaries and recommendations on: tobacco consumption and associated costs; individual variation in smoking and quitting; scientific evidence of effectiveness of various quit smoking methods; conditions that allow health professionals to be more effective in reducing tobacco use.

Smoking reduction with oral nicotine inhalers: double blind, randomised clinical trial of efficacy and safety.

Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association, June 1999, outlines policy best supported by the medical science on cessation aids.