Many Hospitals Hiring Peer Recovery Coaches to Help Addicts
An initiative in several states last year brought peer recovery coaches—people who have personal experience with alcohol and/or drug addiction—into hospital emergency…
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New Health Care Bill May be Problematic for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment
According to Time magazine, Medicaid is “the government’s largest health insurance program” and “the single largest payer for mental health services in…
Mississippi Sets Overdose Death Record for 2016
While Mississippi is ranked as one of the best states in having access to naloxone, the overdose reversal drug, it also just…
Four Dead, Thirty Hospitalized in Georgia by “Mystery Pill”
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has been looking into a “mystery pill” that has caused four deaths and a string of…
New Medication to Treat Pain May Help Curb Opioid Epidemic
Pacira Pharmaceuticals recently claimed that their drug Exparel, an anesthetic that has been on the market for five years, could change the…