Drug Rehab in the News: Articles on Addiction & Recovery
- ‘Sober September’ is here People who indulged this summer or are just looking for a fresh start this month are putting away the booze and joining sober September.… Read article
- ‘It Starts With Mindset’: What Portugal’s Drug Policy Experts Taught Me About Addiction Treatment “Change the mindset.” Goulao recognized early in the drug reform battle that society’s perception about drugs and people who use them needed to change.… Read article
- Coroner sent letters to doctors whose patients died of opioid overdoses. Doctors’ habits quickly changed Addressed directly to the doctor, the letter arrived in a plain business envelope with a return address of the San Diego County medical examiner’s… Read article
- Got the ‘drunchies’? New study shows how heavy drinking affects diet They’re called the “drunchies,” or drunk munchies. It’s the desire one has to eat salty, fatty, unhealthy foods during or after a night of… Read article
- Opioid addiction is keeping a high percentage of people out of the workforce America’s opioid epidemic is exacting a massive human tool that also is impacting the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday. One of… Read article
- A Restaurant Takes On the Opioid Crisis, One Worker at a Time A Kentucky couple realized that restaurants have an unusual power to help addicted people recover, and created DV8 Kitchen to hire, train and encourage… Read article
- New federal drug rehab bill inspired by “Florida Shuffle” Senator Marco Rubio posted on Twitter how he hopes a bill he’s sponsoring will put an end to fraud in the residential drug treatment… Read article
- The Trump Appointee Who’s an Addiction Specialist Dr. Elinore McCance-Kantz, who directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, helped design training for doctors who want to prescribe buprenorophine for… Read article
- Facebook redirects would-be opioid buyers to crisis helpline Anyone trying to buy opioids or seeking addiction treatment through Facebook should now instead see information for a federal crisis helpline. Facebook has worked… Read article
- Kentucky sues Walgreens for its alleged role in the opioid crisis Kentucky has sued Walgreens for its role in the state’s opioid epidemic. Attorney General Andy Beshear filed the suit against Walgreens for its dual role as a distributor… Read article