drug abuse

Policy Ends Medicaid Reimbursements

Policy ends Medicaid reimbursements
And it underscores the financial pressures with which human services agencies, state health care programs and addicts will have to contend as the Shumlin administration looks to build a national model for opiate treatment. What was hailed as a $ 10 … Read more on Rutland… Continue reading

Will Staying in Jail Help “clear” His Mind?

Question by Manda Panda: Will staying in jail help “clear” his mind?
My uncle just went back to jail for a failure to appear right after he got out of jail ( about a month or two)…he was a drug addict addicted to crack and marijuana, 6 months in jail… Continue reading

SubstanceAbuse Treatment Often Tough to Find for Medicaid Patients

SubstanceAbuse Treatment Often Tough to Find for Medicaid Patients
THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Compared to elsewhere in the country, there are far fewer outpatient facilities in the U.S. South and Midwest that are able to help people on Medicaid who are battling alcohol or drug… Continue reading

Narconon Arms Parents Against Prescription Drug Abuse With New Online Feature

Narconon Arms Parents Against Prescription Drug Abuse with New Online Feature
In the last decade, the fastest growing drug of abuse is prescription drugs, especially among young people. Among the young, it can appear that these drugs must surely be safer to abuse than street drugs. The tragic truth is… Continue reading

Retired MLB Player Darryl Strawberry to Open Substance Abuse Treatment

Retired MLB Player Darryl Strawberry to Open Substance Abuse Treatment
DSRC was founded in partnership with retired MLB player Darryl Strawberry and Oglethorpe Healthcare Inc. to provide athletes and individuals suffering from substance abuse with a center for excellence in addiction treatment and recovery. The facility … Read more… Continue reading

Abuse of Heroin, Marijuana, Synthetic Drugs Continue to Plague Harford

Abuse of heroin, marijuana, synthetic drugs continue to plague Harford
Heroin abuse and deaths in Harford County continue at a rate greater than the county's population ranking in the state, the leader of the county's anti-drug and alcohol abuse program says.         drug abuse – Yahoo News… Continue reading