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Is Substance Abuse Coverage as Equal as Required? – St. George Daily Spectrum

Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required? – St. George Daily Spectrum

Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
St. George Daily Spectrum
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without

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Task Force Set to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse – Delaware County Daily Times

Task force set to combat prescription drug abuse – Delaware County Daily Times

Task force set to combat prescription drug abuse
Delaware County Daily Times
HARRISBURG — Describing prescription drug abuse as a growing “crisis” in Pennsylvania, members of the state medical community announced the formation of a multi-specialty physician panel to address the problem. Michael R. Fraser, executive vice
Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse 'crisis'The Reporter
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Traumas Can Lead to Drug Abuse

Traumas can lead to drug abuse
HUNTINGTON — Nobody wakes up and says, "My goal is to get addicted to drugs or alcohol today," said Karen Yost, president and CEO of Prestera Center. Substance abuse is an extremely complex issue with a variety of different beginnings for different …
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Prescription-drug battle fuels rise in heroin use in US The Drug War
WASHINGTON, D.C. – From the beginning, the U.S. government's decade-long crackdown on abuse of prescription drugs has run an unsettling risk: that arresting doctors and shuttering “pill mills” would inadvertently fuel a new epidemic of heroin use.
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Pa. Medical Professionals Address Prescription Drug Abuse ‘crisis’ – the Reporter

Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse ‘crisis’ – The Reporter

Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse 'crisis'
The Reporter
Michael R. Fraser, executive vice president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, quoting statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated 100 people die each day nationwide from drug overdoses and he said drug overdose

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Substance abuse coverage required, but hardly uniform – Journal and Courier

Substance abuse coverage required, but hardly uniform
Journal and Courier
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without

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Hazelden study compares parental concern, drug abuse – KARE

Hazelden Study Compares Parental Concern, Drug Abuse

Hazelden study compares parental concern, drug abuse
"These startling findings suggest that some parents are under-concerned about the dangers of alcohol and other drug use by their children and are overly-confident they would recognize signs of their children's use," Klein said. She adds this is …
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Pa. medical professionals address prescription drug abuse 'crisis'
We'd like the governor and our legislators to rely on the expert advice of physicians in regulating the opioid prescribing problem in the commonwealth,” Talenti said during a teleconference that highlighted current efforts to combat prescription drug …
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