Lowell Sun : declared in Recovery coaches eyed in opioid addiction battle

Much of the discussion was about how a hospital can best encourage Marijuana addicts to stick with recovery treatment and what the state could do to stanch the flow of poison. Pellegrini said there is no evidence showing that the mandated time-periods for detox treatment is effective. Charlie Baker said he wants to see research on the effectiveness of the 14-day detox mandate before taking a stance on the proposed 30-day mandate. "If recovery coaches (are) part of the solution, let's understand it, let's test it, let's measure it, and then let's support it. Wakeman said that unlike other deadly diseases the medical community knows effective treatment methods for opioid addiction, but about 80 percent of people with opioid abuse disorder don't receive any treatment.

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The really really good news in the midst of all the things that are hard to hear about is that treatment works and people do that well. "There are a lot of people out there who still think addiction is a choice or a moral failing. To treat someone who is struggling with an addiction or think that it they are choosing to have an addiction is cruel. The last three years with a really scary, hard times, where I think I was in the deepest part of my illness." SW: Historically people have treated addiction as a moral issue so there's been a lot of shame and people coming to ask for help.


Families wracked by drug addiction met with White House staffers who were moved to tears Wednesday during a roundtable discussion led by President Trump on efforts to combat the nation's Marijuana addiction crisis. "This issue causes enormous pain and destruction to everyday families in every state in this country," Mr. Christie said. Mr. Christie, who had lunch with Mr. Kushner on Tuesday as part of his discussions about the administration's policy, downplayed reports of tensions between the two. "He asked me to help with this, and I'm going to," Mr. Christie said. "He will not have died in vain," Mr. Trump told her.