Advocates seek stronger substance abuse treatment measures
LITTLE ROCK — Substance abuse costs Arkansas about $ 888 million annually, but just 6 percent of Arkansans who need help with a drug addiction actually receive treatment, according to two legislative task force reports. State lawmakers are being urged …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
That philosophy fuels Oregon's nationally reputed system of addiction care that officials, health experts and treatment professionals say provides lessons for Kentucky as it struggles with a crippling prescription drug-abuse problem and an overwhelmed …
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Celebrate Radio Network's Weekly Reaching Up to Focus on Substance Abuse …
Fass noted that, “In most parts of the country, there still is no place for teens to either seek affordable substance abuse treatment or even if in treatment, the necessary 12-step aftercare. … Substance Abuse Research at the University of Minnesota …
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