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News Articles: addiction treatment

A heroin user in a South Bronx neighborhood which is experiencing an epidemic in drug use, especially heroin and other opioid based drugs.

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  • Health

Black Americans are now dying from drug overdoses at a higher rate than whites

New research shows drug overdose deaths continue to surge among Black Americans. For the first time since 1999, Black Americans are dying at a higher rate per capita than white Americans.

March 02, 2022
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Suboxone and a similar medicine, Subutex, are both proven to help people with opioid addiction stay in recovery. Yet the Drug Enforcement Administration often makes it hard for pharmacies to dispense it.

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  • Health

DEA takes aggressive stance toward pharmacies trying to dispense addiction medicine

A West Virginia pharmacist wanted to help those hit by the opioid crisis. But a few years after he began providing medications to treat addiction, drug enforcement raided his pharmacy.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Aneri Pattani
Will wipes away sweat on a hot day while walking down Willow Street in Lynn, Mass., as he looks to distribute safety supplies to drug users on the street.

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  • National

He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life

For years, people who used drugs were treated like criminals, often given long sentences. Now there's growing acceptance that addiction is a treatable disease, but shame and discrimination linger.

June 19, 2021
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
This 2017 photo shows a slogan is on the storefront of Journey, a former substance abuse treatment center, in Lake Worth, Fla. Now closed, it was one of two centers owned by Kenneth Chatman, who is now serving a 27-year federal prison sentence for health care fraud and money laundering convictions.

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  • National

As Addiction Deaths Surge, Profit-Driven Rehab Industry Faces 'Severe Ethical Crisis'

Many drug rehab programs use aggressive sales techniques, price-gouge patients and provide substandard care. The system often pushes people struggling with addiction into debt, but not recovery.

February 15, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
The Trump administration's decision to relax rules regarding the prescription of buprenorphine comes as record-level drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in the 12 months ending in June 2020.

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  • Medical Treatments

Trump Administration Will Let More Doctors Prescribe Drug To Fight Opioid Addiction

The change means that doctors will no longer need a special federal waiver in order to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Brian Mann
Researchers have found that a combination of two medications is effective at treating meth addiction.

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  • Health

A Medical Treatment For Meth Addiction Proves Effective In New Trial

The evidence is strong that some people struggling with meth addiction benefit from the drug regime.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Each mobile clinic has a nurse, a counselor and a peer specialist — all trained to drive a 34-foot-long motor home. "I never thought when I went to nursing school that I'd be doing this," says Christi Couron as she pumps 52 gallons of diesel fuel into the vehicle.

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  • Health

Health On Wheels: Tricked-Out RVs Deliver Addiction Treatment To Rural Colorado

As COVID-19 forced many addiction treatment clinics to scale back, Colorado brought its clinics on wheels to remote, underserved towns and used telehealth to connect patients with addiction doctors.

September 28, 2020
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By:
  • Markian Hawryluk
person leaning on wall with head in hands

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  • Health

Emory, Hazelden Betty Ford Create Addiction Alliance Of Georgia

Phase 1 of the Addiction Alliance is to launch an intensive outpatient program in the Atlanta area and introduce a partial hospital program.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
an arm reflected in a broken mirror

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  • Health

Fentanyl-Related Overdose Deaths Increase More Than 60% Since March

Fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths increased 61.4% since March, preliminary data show.

September 14, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A January report found that 40% of U.S. counties don't have a single health care provider approved to prescribe buprenorphine, a medicine integral to helping many patients beat opioid addiction. Permitting more-distant doctors to evaluate patients online and prescribe the medicine is a welcome advance, say addiction specialists.

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  • Health

Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction

The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor's visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That's a boon for patients, counselors say.

April 28, 2020
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
Jeff Breedlove of the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse joined "On Second Thought" to explain how quarantine may lead to new addictions or relapses. "We have to make sure we're putting our recovery first, as we process this other pandemic," he said.

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  • News

Staying Sober In Isolation: As Quarantine Threatens Recovery, Connection Becomes Crucial

Many people are finding social distancing difficult or lonely. Those challenges can become compounded for people recovering from substance abuse...

April 17, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Emilia Brock

What You Need To Know: Dealing with Substance Abuse While Self Isolating

Georgia Public Broadcasting’s new series What You Need To Know: Coronavirus provides succinct, fact-based information to help you get through the...

April 14, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott
Rob Petrecca holds his 2-year-old daughter. Petrecca has been in recovery from substance use disorder since February 2018.

How One Police Department Is Trying To Steer Addicts Into Recovery Instead Of Making Arrests

Deaths from opioids have dropped nationally, but fatal overdoses are a top concern in Georgia. One police department is trying something new: instead of...

August 16, 2019
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

How Fentanyl Is Changing The Demographics — And Dangers — Of Georgia's Opioid Crisis

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been more than 200,000 opioid-related deaths in the United States over the last...

April 25, 2019
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By:
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
In this Oct. 8, 2018, photo, Tim Nolen, left, participates in a relapse prevention group session with counselor Bob Benson, right, at a treatment facility run by Buffalo Valley Inc. in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Health

Health Policy, Stigma Can Hinder Those Seeking Help With Alcohol, Drug Addiction

The indulgences of the holidays are behind us, and Dry January is trending. But that movement to give up drinking alcohol, in this case for a month, is...

January 07, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

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