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    Shots - Health News
    Arthur Jackson (right) gets blood tests during home visits in Boston from nurse Brenda Mastricola. He's also getting intravenous penicillin to treat a serious bone infection in his foot. The medication's pump is connected to an indwelling IV catheter. It
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    The Case For Sending Drug Users Home From The Hospital With Open IV Lines

    Feb 20, 2020
    When patients need long-term treatment with IV antibiotics, hospitals usually let them do it at home — but not if they have a history of injection drug use. A Boston program wants to change that.
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    Officer Brian Cregg checks in with a man who says he is homeless and living in his car in Concord, N.H. In Concord, as in many parts of the Northeast, widespread use of meth is new, police say, and is changing how they approach interactions with people w
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    Is It A Meth Case Or Mental Illness? Police Who Need To Know Often Can't Tell

    Oct 22, 2019
    Calming techniques officers learn during training for intervening in a mental health crisis don't seem to work as well when a suspect is high on meth. Police say meth calls can be much more dangerous.
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    Supporters of safe injection sites in Philadelphia rallied outside this week's federal hearing. The judge's ultimate ruling will determine if the proposed "Safehouse" facility to prevent deaths from opioid overdose would violate the federal Controlled Su
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    Trump Administration Is In Court To Block Nation's First Supervised Injection Site

    Sep 06, 2019
    Efforts to combat Philadelphia's opioid crisis with a supervised injection site could be stymied by a portion of federal law meant to protect neighborhoods during the crack epidemic of the 1980s.
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    Shots - Health News
    The best help for patients struggling with addiction, eating disorders or other mental health problems sometimes includes intensive therapy, the evidence shows. But many patients still have trouble getting their health insurers to cover needed mental hea
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    'Mental Health Parity' Is Still An Elusive Goal In U.S. Insurance Coverage

    Jun 07, 2019
    The Affordable Care Act and other U.S. laws sought to put insurance coverage for mental health conditions on equal footing with coverage for physical conditions. But patients say that's not happening.
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    The Salt
    Chef Patrick Mulvaney talks with his kitchen staff as they prepare dinner at B&L restaurant.
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    California Chef Aims To Help Restaurant Workers Prevent Suicide

    Feb 11, 2019
    The restaurant business can be tough on your mental health, and has led some chefs to suicide. Chef Patrick Mulvaney is helping Sacramento kitchen workers learn the warning signs and ask for help.
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    Shots - Health News
    Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have.
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    School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

    Dec 05, 2018
    More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.
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    GW Pharmaceuticals makes Epidiolex, a medicine containing pharmaceutical-grade CBD. Last week, a panel of FDA advisers recommended approval of the drug to treat severe seizure disorders in children.
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    Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

    Apr 23, 2018
    An FDA advisory committee last week urged approval of a drug containing cannabidiol to treat a form of epilepsy. Other scientists wonder if CBD might ease anxiety or other disorders, too.
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    Velva Poole works to reunite children with parents who have been grappling with substance use disorder. Mentoring the parents, she says, is a big part of the state-sponsored program's success.
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    Opioid Treatment Program Helps Keep Families Together

    Mar 28, 2018
    A mentoring program in Kentucky expedites treatment for some parents who lose custody of their children. The goal is to help parents get and stay sober, and reunite them with their kids within a year.
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    Shots - Health News
    Mady Ohlman, who lives near Boston and has been sober for more than four years, says many drug users hit a point when the disease and the pursuit of illegal drugs crushes the will to live.
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    How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?

    Mar 15, 2018
    Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, according to U.S. statistics. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say.
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    Shots - Health News
    Autumn Haggard-Wolfe, now in recovery and shown here with her son Dustin, is a Denver resident and former Arapahoe House patient. She worries Arapahoe's closing will have dire consequences, especially for people who need inpatient care, as she did.
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    States Seek More Federal Funding For Opioid Treatment, Not More Promises

    Mar 01, 2018
    The Trump administration has talked about prioritizing the opioid crisis, but states have seen little in the way of new resources. And, in some states, getting into treatment is becoming even harder.
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    The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his core. Last month Ostrovksy quit his job as Medicaid's chief medical officer and joined a group that's working to dispel the shame of addiction.
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    An Uncle's Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

    Jan 26, 2018
    Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.
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    Goats and Soda
    Hugh Masekela performs during the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Concert in Paris.
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    What Hugh Masekela Meant To South Africa's Freedom Fighters

    Jan 24, 2018
    The jazz trumpeter, who died this week, was an outspoken opponent of apartheid and a longtime social activist. His music was the "soundtrack of the revolution," says author Sisonke Msimang.
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    The Salt
    After Charleston chef Ben Murray committed suicide, Mickey Bakst (left) and Steve Palmer (right) started a support group for those in the restaurant business struggling with addiction.
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    In An Industry Rife With Substance Abuse, Restaurant Workers Help Their Own

    Jan 16, 2018
    Food service is fueled by high stress and late hours; it's easy to see how people in the industry can be susceptible to alcohol and drug abuse. Some who've been there are now offering help to others.
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    The Two-Way
    Whitney Duncan was given the choice of sending her daughter, Deklyn, 3, to stay with her grandmother in Jasper, Ga., while she entered rehab or lose her to foster care.
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    Number Of American Children In Foster Care Increases For 4th Consecutive Year

    Nov 30, 2017
    Parents' substance abuse is one of the items driving authorities to remove kids from homes.
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    Shots - Health News
    In this June 20 photo, City Court Judge Craig Hannah presides at Opiate Crisis Intervention Court in Buffalo, N.Y. The first such program in the country puts users under faster, stricter supervision than ordinary drug courts, all with the goal of keeping
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    To Save Opioid Addicts, This Experimental Court Is Ditching The Delays

    Oct 05, 2017
    Underscoring the severity of the U.S. overdose crisis, a first-of-its kind opioid intervention court aims to get drug-addicted criminal defendants into recovery before their criminal case is heard.
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    Shots - Health News
    Delray Beach authorities say body brokers used to target recovering drug users hanging out on the patio of a local Starbucks. The coffee shop restricted access to the patio in 2015, after a meeting with the city officials and the police department.
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    'Body Brokers' Get Kickbacks To Lure People With Addictions To Bad Rehab

    Aug 15, 2017
    In South Florida, people with health insurance are the target of "body brokers" who can earn lucrative kickbacks — $500 per week — for referring vulnerable patients to centers that bilk insurers.
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    Addiction Awareness Education Required For Nevada Lawyers

    Aug 11, 2017

    Take a high-stress, high-income job like attorney and mix in Nevada’s reputation as a place where the party never ends, and you have a recipe for potential trouble with alcohol or drugs.

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    Feds Grant Nevada $5.6 Million To Combat Opioid Crisis

    Apr 27, 2017

    CARSON CITY — Nevada is receiving $5.6 million from the federal government to combat an opioid crisis largely stemming from addiction to prescription painkillers.

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    The Two-Way
    Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel sits while his defense attorneys confer with the prosecution during his initial hearing in May 2016 in Dallas.
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    Prosecutors Agree To Drop Assault Charges Against Former Cleveland QB Johnny Manziel

    Dec 02, 2016
    Dallas County prosecutor agreed to drop assault charges against the former Browns quarterback, as long as meets conditions such as attending an anger management course and a substance abuse program.
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    Shots - Health News
    A police officer holds a bag of heroin that was confiscated as evidence in Gloucester, Mass., in March. Massachusetts is one of 38 states that allow civil commitment for substance abuse.
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    A Twist On 'Involuntary Commitment': Some Heroin Users Request It

    Nov 15, 2016
    Some Massachusetts opioid users are so desperate to quit the drug habit that they are asking judges to lock them up and require treatment. Critics question whether courts should play this role.
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    Nevada Gets Federal Grants For Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment

    Sep 22, 2016

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $1 million in training grants to Nevada help increase the number of mental health providers and substance abuse counselors statewide.

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    Shots - Health News
    Matthew Takamoto has been been a social worker with the early intervention program in Sacramento County from its start, and is pleased with its success. The hardest part, he says, is realizing that not every parent will be be able to quit drugs for good.
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    California Court Helps Kids By Healing Parents' Addictions

    Aug 16, 2016
    A special court in Sacramento, Calif., aims to keep families together by getting treatment for parents who have substance abuse problems, instead of sending off their kids to foster care.
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    Zac Talbott, who runs an opioid treatment program in Chatsworth, Ga., says drugs like methadone and buprenorphine can help people kick addictions to prescription painkillers and heroin.
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    Despite Overdose Epidemic, Georgia Caps The Number Of Opioid Treatment Clinics

    Jun 15, 2016
    Georgia has stopped licensing new clinics that provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. Some call the state's move irresponsible. Others say the clinics aren't regulated enough.
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    Shots - Health News
    Probuphine
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    New Medications For Treating Opioid Addiction Are On The Horizon

    Jan 15, 2016
    A long-acting implant has gained approval from an FDA advisory committee. It could soon become the latest on a very short list of medical options.
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    Shots - Health News
    Weiss-Burke and husband David Burke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Serenity Mesa treatment center.
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    For Teenagers, Adult-Sized Opioid Addiction Treatment Doesn't Fit

    Jan 15, 2016
    Teenage brains are more susceptible to drug abuse, but it's often hard to find treatment. It's even harder to find evidence-based treatment designed for youth. But that's starting to change.

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