Addiction Treatment – International Drug Policy Symposium: Through the Maze – Healthy Drug Law

Addiction treatment – International Drug Policy Symposium: Through the maze – Healthy drug law – Video from New Zealand/International Drug policy symposium February 2009 – addiction treatment.

Health law could overwhelm addiction services

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Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and few alcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier, according to many experts, has been a lack of health insurance. But that barrier crumbles in …
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Addiction: State's Overdose Problem Requires A Sense Of Urgency

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•Ramp up efforts to broadly distribute Naloxone, commonly called Narcan, a lifesaving drug that can keep overdoses from progressing. •Restart the Alcohol and Drug Policy Council, which is supposed to coordinate addiction treatment across multiple state …
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Substance Misuse Treatment Likely To Be Transformed by ACA

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According to Richard Rawson — a professor of psychiatry and associate director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs — drug treatment in California was developed independently of medical care. "It's this weird mix of self-help, criminal …
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