Tag: addiction recovery
FDA Expands Medication Assisted Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will expand medication assisted treatment (MAT) to help provide addiction recovery treatment to as many...
Maine Targets Homeless Addiction with New Bill
A new bill in the Maine legislature targets addiction in one of the state’s most vulnerable populations by providing emergency housing and substance abuse...
FDA Labels Opioid Cough Meds Unsafe for Kids
The FDA has determined that opioid cold and cough medicines should not be used for treating children under the age of 18. According to a...
Chris Christie Blames Fentanyl Problem on China
On Tuesday, November 28, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the head of the White House’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis,...
Phoenix Takes Action to Regulate Sober Living Homes Proliferated by Opioid...
As Arizona has responded to the opioid crisis, sober living homes have sprung up across the state, much of which have been completely unregulated....
Left Out of Opioid Crisis Conversation, Native Americans Have the Highest...
Native Americans have the highest drug overdose rate of all minorities in the United States and have suffered some of the highest death rates....
Greek Doctors are Leaving Debt Crisis, but the Addicted Need Treatment
Ravaged by an unprecedented debt crisis, Greek doctors are leaving the country while patients with addiction have long wait lists and a lack of...
Trump Reneges on Declaring Opioid Crisis National Emergency
On Thursday, October 26, the Trump Administration declared the US opioid crisis to be a public health emergency. In August, Trump stated that he would...
State attorneys general implore Congress to fund addiction treatment
A majority of state attorneys general joined in a bipartisan coalition earlier this week and urged Congress to permit Medicaid funding toward larger substance...
Addiction recovery patients talk about legalizing drugs with Prince William
The Duke of Cambridge Prince William visited addiction recovery patients in east London last week and asked those receiving treatment for a substance use...
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