Posts Tagged ‘addiction treatment’

State budgets have been in crisis for decades but since the recession, more and more states have had to cut important community services. Drug addiction treatment services have almost inevitably been put on the chopping block, alongside state parks, school supplies, teacher’s salaries, and more. [...]

Unlike many rock stars these days, Girls front man Christopher Owen isn’t talking about how his past struggle with drug and alcohol addiction affected his life or killed his career – he’s talking about a current issue with drugs and alcohol and how it informs [...]

Teen drug and alcohol addiction is often the focus of discussions on heroin abuse, but drug addicts and drug abusers over the age of 50 number around 1.7 million in the United States, and that number is expected to rise to 4.4 million by the [...]

Stand-up comedian Mike DeStefano was just beginning to make his mark on the world after coming in fourth in a recent season of “Last Comic Standing.’ He even had a one man show in New York and was about to open a new one: “A [...]

Did you know that 43 of the 50 states in the U.S. have laws on the books that require group insurance health plans to cover addiction treatment? In these states group health insurance plans are required to follow all state laws and provide for any [...]

Recovery after crystal meth addiction is unlike recovery after addiction to most other drugs. While avoiding relapse always requires constant vigilance, the cravings for most drugs decrease over time. Not so for crystal meth addicts. Studies have shown that after a few months of abstinence, [...]

Public service announcements about drugs and alcohol are everywhere. Addiction treatment services are also highlighted as places of hope and support. However, a stigma remains for people with drug and alcohol addiction. Part of the problem is that addiction is not just a social problem [...]

In the U.S., most states require that group health plans cover rehab and other forms of addiction treatment. But as many people have found out the hard way, insurance companies don’t always make it easy for their customers to receive payment or reimbursement for their [...]