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FOCUS: Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services

FOCUS: Health law could overwhelm addiction services
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community. Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Michigan Addicts Newly Eligible for Treatment – CBS Local

Michigan Addicts Newly Eligible For Treatment – CBS Local
Filed under: Addiction Treatment


CBS Local
Michigan Addicts Newly Eligible For Treatment
CBS Local
LANSING (AP) – Michigan health officials say they believe the state's substance abuse care system can handle the surge of people who will become eligible for treatment… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: Inspire Malibu's Dr. A. R. Mohammad Recognized by KTLA as Leading Alcoholism Expert

Inspire Malibu's Dr. A. R. Mohammad Recognized by KTLA as Leading Alcoholism Expert
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Inspire Malibu, recognized by many as one of the top drug rehab and addiction treatment centers in Malibu, California and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and …
Addiction… Continue reading

Medicaid Bill Would Expand Addiction Treatment – Beartooth NBC

Medicaid bill would expand addiction treatment – Beartooth NBC
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

Medicaid bill would expand addiction treatment
Beartooth NBC
The Medicaid bill making its way through the legislature this week will determine the state of Montana alcohol and drug treatment facilities. More than 10,000 people will be eligible… Continue reading

Jockeying to Help at Races

Jockeying to help at Races
Filed under: drug and alcohol rehab services

But, as Hiraldo and Fricke explained, the community also faces very concrete difficulties: low pay, long hours, high injury rates, a lack of health insurance, insufficient access to transportation and high rates of drug and alcohol addiction. “There… Continue reading

Addiction Treatment: 33000 Wis. Addicts Soon Eligible for Insurance – the Oshkosh Northwestern

33000 Wis. addicts soon eligible for insurance – The Oshkosh Northwestern
Filed under: Addiction Treatment

33000 Wis. addicts soon eligible for insurance
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Amy Lindner is president of the Milwaukee-based Meta House, a substance-abuse treatment program for women that also provides services for children. The facility has beds… Continue reading