ACA adds addiction treatment to all policies
This file photo shows people in the detox room at Haymarket Center in Chicago waiting for a bed in the addiction treatment facility. Millions of Americans gained the opportunity for insurance coverage for drug and alcohol addiction treatment with the …
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Investing in addiction treatment is good policy
Advocates for expanding addiction treatment have asked the president and Congress to increase funding for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Program. After years of budget cuts, this essential program has received additional …
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Shumlin promotes treatment at DC drug forum
He highlighted some of the steps he's taking in Vermont, including investments in addiction treatment programs and third-party assessors who determine if treatment would be more effective than incarceration in individual cases. "That's what we've got …
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Western Massachusetts' opioid addiction crisis addressed in state Senate …
Roose called for a number of ways to address the crisis, including the expansion of methadone and other proven treatment programs, approaches to ease the stigma of addiction and its treatments, “innovative collaboration” with social services and …
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Brockton Mayor Seeks Harsher Penalties For Drug Dealers
BOSTON — Calling Brockton the “epicenter of the heroin crisis in southeastern Massachusetts,” the city's mayor, Bill Carpenter, is proposing tougher penalties for dealers caught trying to sell drugs within 300 feet of an addiction treatment center …
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Galloway, NJ Welcomes New Drug Treatment Center: Addiction Treatment …
ATSI is founded on several beliefs: that addiction is a complex and destructive disease; spirituality, fitness and family involvement are vital keys to success in treatment; and professional drug treatment help is required in order to achieve long-term …
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medical center to cater to elderly, drug addicts
While the medical complex will also include a 20-bed hospital, world-class geriatric care and substance abuse treatment will “define” MMC, according to Ali al-Hajj a health care consultant working on the project. The 114-bed center for elderly care …
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Test and Report: Bad for Children and Families
Additionally, research in Canada of opiate-dependent women and their infants found that even where withdrawal symptoms were present, babies who were allowed to stay with their mothers fared far better than those removed, experiencing fewer neonatal …
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Dr. Patrick Carnes “Gentle Path” program at The Meadows offers 45 days to …
Unlike drug or alcohol treatment, the goal of sexual addiction treatment is not lifelong abstinence, but rather a termination of compulsive, unhealthy sexual behavior. Overcoming this disorder involves a period of … Our experience has shown, over and …
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Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence
"We were trying to find a way of dealing with opiate withdrawal and facilitate people to the next stage of addiction treatment," lead author Gregory Rudolf, MD, from the Swedish Addiction Recovery Service, in Seattle, Washington, told Medscape Medical …
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Community Extra: Calendar
Swedish/Edmonds: A variety of free support groups and fee-based health classes are offered at the hospital, 21601 76th Ave. … Cocaine Anonymous: A nonprofit recovery program for those seeking sobriety or support in staying sober from cocaine and …
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