Opioid deaths are surging in the pandemic. Here’s how treatment is adapting
States across the country are reporting an increase in opioid-related fatalities. The pandemic means adopting new methods to provide treatment for drugs and alcohol.
A drug counselor sees the perils of jailing her son for addiction
Massachusetts is the only state in the country where men who are involuntarily committed for substance abuse treatment can be treated in jails.
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How this Nashville women’s recovery home blends business with bonding
Nashville’s Thistle Farms is no ordinary business -- it’s a nonprofit staffed by women who have survived addiction, sexual abuse or trafficking. The organization’s two-year program offers participants housing, free therapy and medical care, as well as opportunities to work…
Proposed rule could make it easier to share addiction treatment records
On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule that would give doctors greater access to records of patients who are being treated for substance use disorder, in an effort to better coordinate care.
In terms of whether Medicare will cover addiction treatment, the key variable is whether such care is proscribed as medically necessary.
The pathway to deadly heart infections for people addicted to opioids often begins with a dirty needle or polluted drug. Special correspondent Kay Colby of Ideastream reports on a little-known problem with big consequences for patients and society as a…
An estimated 22 million Americans have a drug or alcohol addiction that needs treatment, yet only one in 10 receive it.
More than 90 percent of heroin users who detox cold turkey will relapse, but there’s a dispute over prescribing drugs to help addicts get clean and keep them from deadly overdoses. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ryan Grim of The Huffington…
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