Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required?
Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts …
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Fund Drug Abuse Data Source
Fund drug abuse data source
Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death has prompted a lot of discussion about heroin in recent weeks. Heroin statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, or NSDUH, have fueled the debate, but they may be leading us astray. The NSDUH, a …
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Orange County Alcohol Addiction Treatment and San Clemente Rehab Programs
Orange County Alcohol Addiction treatment and San Clemente Rehab Programs — Alcohol addiction is a common challenge for many people in south Orange county mainly because alcohol is a very common drug. Alcoholism is very hard to spot …
County to Declare March Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month
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Hard Drugs Demand Solid Understanding: Column
Hard drugs demand solid understanding: Column
Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death has prompted a lot of discussion about heroin in recent weeks. Heroin statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) have fueled the debate, but they may be leading us astray. The NSDUH, a …
drug abuse… Continue reading
Hard Drugs Demand Solid Understanding: Column
Hard drugs demand solid understanding: Column
Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death has prompted a lot of discussion about heroin in recent weeks. Heroin statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) have fueled the debate, but they may be leading us astray. The NSDUH, a …
drug abuse… Continue reading
Experts: Officials Missed Signs of Prescription Drug Crackdown's Effect on …
Experts: Officials missed signs of prescription drug crackdown's effect on …
From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on prescription drug abuse has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use. State and federal officials …
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