Call for Medicare Changes to Treat Drug Addicts
Call for Medicare changes to treat drug addicts
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"The fact is the Medicare rebate system is not set up to actually spend extra time with these patients," he said. There has also been a big increase in the number of people seeking help for prescription drug addictions in the past decade. The CEO of …
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North Adams forum addresses drug addiction
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Whipple and her friend Michelle Slater, who has a son recovering from an addiction, said that challenges beyond addiction include the fear and stigma of seeking help and not knowing where to actually go to find support. "There's a lot of judgment …
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Drug Addicted Military Vets Illustrate Failure of War on Drugs
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The Detroit News highlights how a network of courts, including one in Detroit's 36th District Court, are steering drug- and alcohol-addicted military vets back to sober and productive lives. According to statistics provided by the Justice for Vets …
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Why I help addicts shoot up: Interview with Meera Bai, Christian nurse & harm reduction advocate – Put in simple terms harm reduction is meeting people where they are at. In the homeless service’s space harm reduction also means being sober is not a requirement for services such as housing. My recent visit with Donny in Calgary [bit.ly is a near text book example. Donny was drinking and using on the streets for over 20 years, but when he got into housing and was given some dignity Donny got sober all on his own. But Donny was also lucky. He never really got into very hard drugs, so it was easier for him to get sober. Often this is hard for ‘normal’ people to understand but there is a point where drugs take over a persons life. They lose all reason and self-worth. Their whole existence revolves around getting another fix. Often this path takes a person down an unthinkable path of self-destruction. People end up doing things to survive that are horrible. HIV , Hepatitis C, and drug related deaths become a very serious public safety issue for all of us. One story I heard from a few different people is addicts using puddles of urine to “fix” their heroin. The thought makes me cringe, but I know what drugs did to me when I was heavily addicted. I needed drugs more than I needed air and would do anything to get them. My second city in Canada was Vancouver and I spent a day in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. [bit.ly have always wanted to visit a “wet shelter” (a shelter that provides alcohol) to see for myself. I call myself a ‘liberal redneck’ so although I do lean towards a …
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Listened to “Nutshell” by Alice in Chains on YouTube. Google then slid in a bubble ad about drug addiction help. Google knows me too well. – by M_Brett_S (M. Brett Schreiner)
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A homeless woman asked if I could help her husbands drug addiction.. #onlyfortstreet – by YNWAndrew (Andrew Geber)
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RT @LeGreatJonathan: @iamsailorelle Fine I’ll help http://t.co/ewvjvc1t – by iamsailorelle (michelle ?)