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The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000), Title XXXV, Section 3502 of the Children's Health Act, permits physicians who meet certain qualifications to treat opioid addiction with Schedule III, IV, and V narcotic medications that have been specifically approved by the Food and Drug Administration for that indication.
Oxycodone, sold under various brand names such as Roxicodone, Endone, and OxyContin (which is the extended-release form), is a semi-synthetic opioid used medically for treatment of moderate to severe pain.
In 2020, 52.9 million adults were affected by mental illness, nearly one in five adults in the country. 44.7 million adults were affected in 2016. [237] In 2006, mental disorders were ranked one of the top five most costly medical conditions, with expenditures of $57.5 billion (equivalent to $83.6 billion in 2023 [ 104 ] ). [ 238 ]
Leuprolide acetate is an LHRH agonist that is most commonly used in chemical castration today. [20] This drug has been observed as having higher rates of success in reducing abnormal sexual urges and fantasies, but is often reserved for those offenders who are at a high risk of reoffending due to the drug's intense effects. [21]
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic.It is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine; [8] its primary clinical utility is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from painful surgeries.
Drug detoxification (informally, detox) is variously construed or interpreted as a type of "medical" intervention or technique in regards to a physical dependence mediated by a drug; as well as the process and experience of a withdrawal syndrome or any of the treatments for acute drug overdose (toxidrome).
Several single payer referendums have been proposed at the state level, but so far all have failed to pass: California in 1994, [160] Massachusetts in 2000, and Oregon in 2002. [161] The state legislature of California twice passed SB 840, The Health Care for All Californians Act, a single-payer health care system.
California also has the largest Muslim community in the United States, an estimated one percent of the population, mostly residing in Southern California. Approximately 100,000 Muslims reside in San Diego. [119] California has more members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Temples than any state except Utah. [120]