Areas with the highest overdose rates are receiving funding while rural areas struggle to received adequate funding.
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Cigna Behavioral Health Rehab Coverage for Addiction and Mental Illness
Behavioral health is a term that encompasses all types of mental illness, behavioral disorders and substance use disorders, or addictions. Rehab is an important treatment option for anyone struggling with one of these types of conditions, because it provides long-term, focused and individualized care. Cigna behavioral health rehab coverage is important to consider for anyone who needs this kind of treatment.
Ring of Shame: How Getting Ringworm Triggered My Alcoholism
Even medical people are treating you like a second-class citizen. Is this really about ringworm or is this reminding you of what it’s like to be a person with addiction?
Woman Sues To Continue Methadone Treatment In Prison
“I am afraid for my life and my safety if the Bureau of Prisons withholds medicine that I know I need,” the woman said in court filings.
Sober Home Standards Could Change Under New California Bill
Recovery advocate Ryan Hampton calls the bill “a good first step.”
Mobile Recovery Clinic Provides Vivitrol To Those With Opioid Addiction
The clinic is the brainchild of a registered nurse who has been sober for 13 years.
New York Invests In 14 New Addiction Treatment Centers
Recovery Community Centers will focus on long-term recovery and offer ongoing support to combat relapse.
Chris Cornell’s Widow To The Opioid Task Force: No More Shame
Since losing her husband, Vicky Cornell has become an advocate for improving addiction treatment and spreading awareness about addiction.
Small Town Tackles Opioid Crisis With Treatment, Compassion
Despite its small size, Little Falls has taken control of their drug epidemic in by allocating $1.4 million in grants in the past five years.
Emergency Rooms Are Failing Overdose Victims, Study Shows
Fewer than 10% of people who were treated in West Virginia emergency rooms for non-fatal overdose were connected with medication-assisted treatment.