Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program

Published October 20, 2013

Rep. Greg Harris Helps Fix Cook County's Obamacare Program
Because of an oversight in the newly minted Affordable Care Act, those who require a residential stay as part of their substance abuse recovery are unable to use the vast majority of Illinois drug treatment residential programs which have 17 beds or … Read more on Huffington Post

Phoenix Program Inc. helps the addicted
Phoenix Program Inc. helps the addicted. Oct 1, 2013 BY KRISTI LUTHER. Drug abuse costs our nation upward of $ 600 billion annually. This drug dependency can result in high health care costs, decreased work productivity and increased crime, according to … Read more on Columbia Business Times

Most drug arrests don't mirror prescription abuse
Superior Court Judge Jason Deal heads up the drug court program in Hall County, where some addicts wind up in treatment because of illegal abuse, but prescription drug abusers may be overlooked. “Drug court is designed for people in the legal system,” … Read more on Gainesville Times

Suicide rate climbs by 30 percent in Kansas
Nationwide, the number of deaths by suicide surpassed the number of deaths by motor vehicle in 2009, the most recent year for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided data. The CDC … With mental health reform in the 1980s and … Read more on Kansas.com