Tag: Addiction Recovery Treatment

A new research report released by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has revealed that there was an increase of over 1000%...

  The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a report last week that revealed a 21% increase in the number of overdose deaths...

  On Monday, March 19, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation into law which provides $65 million in state funds to combat the opioid crisis...

A Chicago program is giving mothers drug addiction treatment and a chance to stay with their children while they recover from their illness.  ...

  On Tuesday, March 6, the city of Chicago, Illinois filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the three biggest opioid distributors of fueling the...

The Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, has declared that addiction qualifies as a public health crisis for the state. On Tuesday, February 13, Brown announced...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has declared the opioid epidemic in the state to be a public health emergency. Despite the significant efforts that have been...

The SOBER Unit, a yearlong pilot program from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), seeks to better allocate resources by transporting chronic users to...

As of January 2, 2018, Colorado’s largest drug rehab center closes its doors despite attempts to recoup financial losses. The closure leaves many citizens...

On December 18, ESPN President John Skipper resigned from the position, citing substance abuse and the need to seek addiction recovery treatment. Skipper made the...