Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment
Former Waterville mayor encourages state to address root causes of addictionMany times the roots of addiction lie in poor coping mechanisms and some kind of childhood trauma. As the opioid epidemic continues to cut across the state of Maine, Karen Heck, the former mayor of Waterville, offered some powerful insights ... Read More
Overdose deaths in PA increasing at twice the national averageA new report from Kaiser Permanente highlights the impact that fentanyl is having on the national opioid crisis, as states like Pennsylvania are experiencing a horrific increase in the number of overdose deaths. This increase is especially vexing in light of ... Read More
After Losing Son to Addiction, Father Supports CLEAR ProgramLike so many other young men, Robert Hontz's battle with addiction started after a sports injury. In the fall of his junior year, he broke his wrist playing football and was prescribed opiates for the pain. From there, things gradually spiraled from bad to ... Read More
Grassroots initiative reaches more than 7,000 people in OhioAfter seeing her daughter struggle with addiction, but discovering that there were few resources available, Lori Erion went ahead and started her own support group. Now she has reached thousands and is hoping to expand Families of Addicts (FOA) across the ... Read More
Cause of Death Remains Unclear After Man Dies in Philadelphia Prison 53-year-old Ed Zaleski had struggled with opioid addiction since his 20s when he received a Percocet prescription for back pain. Over the years he had several relapses and was in and out of prison, but still tried to be a good role model for his ... Read More
Leading Tech Companies Foster Massive Addiction EconomyThere have not been any studies correlating the current opioid epidemic with the inescapable digital screen addiction that we now face, but the parallels are strong. Anyone with teenagers knows the powerful spell that mobile phones can cast. But that behavior is no ... Read More
Reality TV takes unflinching look at the opioid crisisA&E's new show called Intervention dives into the opioid crisis in an unprecedented fashion as it zeroes in on Atlanta, Georgia. In a collection of affluent suburban communities north of Atlanta called “The Heroin Triangle” the rise of the nation’s opioid ... Read More
California spared deadly effects of opioid crisis, for now...Limited distribution of fentanyl, and progressive policies for "harm reduction" addiction treatment have helped California to break the trend that the rest of the country is seeing with opioid-related overdose deaths. As reported in the LA Daily News, ... Read More
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