heroin addict

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – the Journal News / Lohud.com

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – The Journal News / Lohud.com

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
The Journal News / Lohud.com
As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds… Continue reading

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – the Journal News / Lohud.com

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – The Journal News / Lohud.com

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
The Journal News / Lohud.com
As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds… Continue reading

Despite Obamacare, a Gaping Hole in Addiction Treatment – USA TODAY

Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment – USA TODAY

Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
USA TODAY
The Affordable Care Act, which promises sweeping changes to help millions of people with drug or alcohol addiction, requires that treatment be offered to those who are newly… Continue reading

At 21, Recovering Heroin Addict Starts Over

At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
By then, Lewis was a $ 100-a-day addict. Heroin was no longer fun. He needed it to get rid of the sweats and the shakes, the body cramps, the aches in his bones. "I had to use," he says, "to feel normal, like… Continue reading

In Defense of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction

In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction
Here, two Harvard Medical School professors of psychiatry respond, arguing that Dr. Dodes misrepresents the evidence and that 12-step programs have among the strongest scientific underpinnings of any addiction treatment. By John F. Kelly and Gene …
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Despite Obamacare, a Gaping Hole in Addiction Treatment – USA TODAY

Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment – USA TODAY

Despite Obamacare, a gaping hole in addiction treatment
USA TODAY
The Affordable Care Act, which promises sweeping changes to help millions of people with drug or alcohol addiction, requires that treatment be offered to those who are newly… Continue reading