Addiction treatment
Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services and the state has been slow to channel the funds.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster and Republican challenger Robert Burns frequently took jabs and interrupted one another over COVID funding, drug addiction treatment, and abortion rights during their first debate Friday for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District seat.
A northern New York county is being accused in federal court of needlessly forcing people at its jail into harmful withdrawals by banning a medical treatment for opioid addiction.
A company that operates a network of addiction treatment centers has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations that it charged the Massachusetts Medicaid program for unnecessary urine drug testing that was illegally performed at the company’s own lab, officials said Thursday.
OWENTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky addiction treatment center for women is expanding.
Addiction Recovery Care said in a statement that its residential center in Owenton is increasing from 16 beds to nearly 100.
Addiction Recovery Care said in a statement that its residential center in Owenton is increasing from 16 beds to nearly 100.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department investigation of kickback schemes at substance abuse treatment facilities in Orange County has led to criminal charges against 10 defendants this year, the Los Angeles U.S.
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — A new addiction treatment center is planned in eastern Kentucky, officials said.
RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — Four North Carolina state prisons and a drug addiction treatment facility for probationers are getting their names changed because of histories connected to racism or slavery, the Department of Public Safety announced Thursday.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Facilities that provide treatment for substance use disorder will be reimbursed at a higher rate for Medicaid patients they treat, Maine Gov.
Kentucky’s addiction recovery efforts deserve to rank as a priority when looking for ways to spend massive amounts of pandemic aid coming to the state, U.S. Sen.
Kentucky’s addiction recovery efforts deserve to rank as a priority when looking for ways to spend massive amounts of pandemic aid coming to the state, U.S. Sen.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A mobile application will be used to help treat addiction in Montana under a new partnership between an addiction treatment provider in Billings and a private company, state officials announced Tuesday.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Crumbling roofs and parking lots. Broadband glitches. Technology challenges.
The U.S. government is easing requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Senate on Friday passed a bill to implement a recreational marijuana program in the state, which would reserve tax revenue from sales for addiction treatment and statewide conservation efforts.
The U.S. government is barring federal dollars meant for opioid addiction treatment to be used on medical marijuana.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Walking into Avera Health’s new Addiction Care Center, it is easy to see the attention to detail that went into every decision.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters could decide next year whether to create new county courts to steer homeless people to mental health and drug addiction treatment programs.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Tuesday plans to increase spending for mental health and drug treatment programs by $865,000 as part of his 2020 budget proposal.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy has found that a Wichita toddler who died at a motel overdosed on the addiction treatment medication methadone.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials proposed Thursday to revamp stringent patient confidentiality regulations from the 1970s to encourage coordination among medical professionals treating people caught in the nation’s opioid epidemic.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — As western Massachusetts struggles with a dramatic spike in fatal overdoses, officials are embracing a controversial solution: sending men who have not committed any crimes to jails and prisons for court-ordered addiction treatment.
BRADFORD, Vt. (AP) — A residential addiction treatment center is asking the state of Vermont for permission to offer more beds to older men.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware has permanently revoked the license of a doctor accused of prescribing opioids in exchange for sexual favors from a female patient undergoing treatment for long-term drug addiction.
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana program is helping residents get to drug addiction treatment by paying for their transportation through ride-sharing service Lyft.
For years, addiction treatment facilities all across Ohio have been limited by a decades-old policy that prevents them from getting reimbursement if they serve more than 16 people at once.
For years, addiction treatment facilities all across Ohio have been limited by a decades-old policy that prevents them from getting reimbursement if they serve more than 16 people at once.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state Senate panel is recommending the state do more to recruit and train health care professionals who work with recovering addicts.
CINCINNATI (AP) — In a story June 17 about naloxone and overdose deaths, The Associated Press misidentified an organization.
In response to a surge of opioid-related deaths, the Dayton administration is seeking federal permission to expand the use of Medicaid funding for residential drug treatment centers across the state.