There are many reasons for the opioid crisis, One of the main components to the crisis is the issue of easy access to the drugs in pill form. New laws aim to fight the easily availability of these drugs to prevent excess pills from being sold or abused. The problem is maintaining a balance where people who have a ... Read More
Treatment Legislation
From ballot initiatives to congreessional hearings, behavioral health and addiction are often interacting with the government. We cover the biggest legislative news around the nation and how it is impacting or may impact behavioral health. As an industry leader in treatment, our experts understand how new laws and regulations will affect both clients and treatment.
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Medicaid Changes May Allow Mental Health Care
Trump Signs H.R. 6 – SUPPORT bill
New Opioid Laws Worth Being Aware Of
The Criminal Justice System and Addiction
The criminal justice system has long considered drug abuse and at certain points in United States history alcohol abuse to be a prosecutable offense. For years jails and prisons have been bursting at the seams of people being arrested and charged and convicted of crimes of possession, or some kind of crime linked to ... Read More
Florida Opioid Law Goes Into Effect July 1st
House Bill 21, the Florida Opioid prescription law, will be going into effect July 1, and marks a great change in how health care providers handle medication prescriptions. The bill, intended to make it much harder to be prescribed opioids and other scheduled drugs, was passed back in March, and will, among other ... Read More
House Passes Law Making Drug Abuse Data More Public
The House of Representatives has made a major step forward in giving the public more information on just how bad the opioid crisis really is. The Indexing Narcotics, Fentanyl and Opioids Act compels the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to create a online information resource that will combine all total public ... Read More
FDA Looks To Future Addiction Risks in the Post-Opioid Crisis World
The Food and Drug Administration has not had the easiest job in the last two or so years, but it would appear that the agency is still willing to take on new challenges. Officials in the FDA published a letter in The New England Journal of Medicine, warning of the dangers of non-opioid painkillers once opioid abuse is ... Read More
No Money For Narcan – City Budgets Crunched By Opioid Crisis
Cities Face Prospect of "Narcan Rationing"As the opioid crisis continues, and more addicts need multiple doses of Narcan to be revived after taking fentanyl-laced heroin, some cities are running out of money for Narcan.As reported by the Daily Journal, on a Baltimore street corner, public health workers hand out a ... Read More
White House Launches New Opioid Awareness Site
New White House Site Tells the Stories of Opioid Addicts The White House launched a new site that shares the stories of opioid addicts from across the country, including well-known people such as Darryl Strawberry and Eric Bolling. As reported by The Fix, the site’s launch follows President Trump’s statement that ... Read More
Rochester Expands Narcan Training As Overdose Deaths Soar
As Overdoses Rise, Rochester Area Expands Narcan TrainingIn face of a deadly wave of overdose deaths, Rochester and surrounding Monroe County have begun to offer Narcan training in cities and towns across the region.As reported by 13 WHAM, Monroe County is offering new ways to train people in preventing and ... Read More
