State: Drug treatment options exist despite local backlog
Department of Health statistics for Vermont show the breakdown of care for 9,401 clients who received substance abuse treatment in 2012. Substance abuse treatment covers alcohol, marijuana/hashish, heroin and other opiates, and other substances.
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Credo offers new youth alcohol, drug treatment program
Credo also offers treatment options for adults, but that is something Miss Reed said she hopes Seven Challenges helps avoid. “It's really meeting a need in the community before their substance abuse goes into adulthood,” she said. One option Credo has …
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There are drugs to help fight painkiller addiction, but access is an issue …
(One study showed a higher rate of opioid addiction among current Medicaid beneficiaries than among those on other forms of insurance.) Yet even though the ACA holds out the possibility of new treatment options for many, restrictions on the medicines …
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