From Addiction to Recovery

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Close Get email notifications on April Ehrlich daily! Whenever April Ehrlich posts new content, you'll get an email delivered to your inbox with a link. There was a problem saving your notification. Your notification has been saved. Physicians with waivers are allowed to treat up to 30 patients in the first year and 275 patients in each subsequent year. Only 74 respondents indicated they did not have waivers to prescribe the drug. Huhn and his colleagues surveyed 558 English-speaking physicians in the United States via email during the spring and summer of 2016. Two opioid replacement medications are currently approved for opioid use disorder: methadone, which under federal law must be dispensed from authorized clinics, and buprenorphine, which can be used to treat opioid addiction in the privacy of a physician's office, so long as the physician has the proper waivers. "

Barbieri, 67, quietly left July 6 as director of the state Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health under the Department of Health and Social Services. Jennifer Corbett/The News JournalClarence Watson will become interim director of the state Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. (Photo: Courtesy of LinkedIn)Mike Barbieri, a former influential Newark lawmaker and past CEO of an embattled addiction treatment facility, has resigned as the state's substance abuse and mental health chief. Barbieri left elected office in July of 2015 after former DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf appointed him in a non-competitive process to direct the substance abuse and mental health division. Well-paid replacementDHSS medical director Clarence "Clay" Watson, whom Barbieri hired full-time last year, has been named his interim replacement while continuing to serve as medical director. Officials: Substance abuse continues to rise in Montgomery County Montgomery County official

Welsh says the overall goal of the group is to lower substance abuse. Melissa Welsh with the Iowa Counterdrug Taskforce and the Iowa Air National Guard tells KNIA/KRLS News the purpose of a Substance Abuse Coalition meeting Thursday is to continue find reasons why drug use is on the rise. The next meeting of a local coalition will be held on Thursday, August 3rd at 3:00 P.M at the Pella Police Department, and the public is invited to contribute. Posted: Tuesday, August 1st, 2017 at 5:57 amAuthor: KNIA/KRLS News - Andrew SchneiderCommunity leaders from around the county are gathering in Pella Thursday to continue to find ways to combat alcohol and drug abuse in the region. Chester Bennington's History Of Substance Abuse Is Something He's Always Been Open About With Fans I got really, really bad. "I found myself not saying no to other things, things that would have made me another rock & roll cliche." But his lyrics helped him to deal with a lot of things as

More than 33,000 people died of opioid overdose, with another 20,000 dying from other drugs. Trump established the opioid commission to study the issue in March, with a mandate to "study ways to combat and treat the scourge of drug abuse, addiction, and the opioid crisis." Prescription overdose deaths began to rise in the mid-2000, following aggressive marketing and widespread prescribing of the drugs starting in the late 1990s. "With approximately 142 Americans dying [of drug overdose] every day," the report notes, "America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks." "It offers a sharp contrast to the overall approach that the Trump administration has been taking to escalate the war on drugs." The commission also sought better training for physicians who prescribe opiates, including a requirement that they discuss the risks with their patients. "By declaring this state of emergency, the president will b

Story highlights Drugs bust among India's largest in recent timesThe haul is valued at $545 million(CNN) More than 3,000 pounds (1,500kg) of heroin was seized by the Indian Coast Guard Sunday, in what authorities claim is among the largest drug busts in recent Indian history. "This is the biggest catch of narcotics in the present times," said coast guard spokesman Commandant R K Singh in a statement sent to CNN Monday. It was one of India's biggest drug busts, authorities said. Valued at $545 million, the consignment was found aboard a merchant ship off the coast of the western state of Gujarat, according to a statement by the coast guard. Several authorities, including the Intelligence Bureau and the Indian Navy, are involved in the investigation. $7.8 million 'Dragon' heroin drug ring busted in central Pennsylvania Jocelyn Brumbaugh The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, center, flanked by, from left, Cambria Cou

Chris Christie, is calling on President Donald Trump to declare a federal state of emergency to deal with the opioid epidemic. ThinkStockThe Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, chaired by Gov. • Increasing use of medications approved for treating opioid addiction in prisons. • Requiring doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in federally qualified health centers to get waivers to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction. • Achieving data sharing among state prescription drug monitoring programs by July 1, 2018. White House opioid commission to Trump: "Declare a national emergency" on drug overdoses More than 33,000 people died of opioid overdose, with another 20,000 dying from other drugs. A recent federal study found that prescription painkillers are now more widely used than tobacco. The commission's report repeatedly addresses the president directly and encourages him to use his bully pulpit to raise aw

A commission created by President Donald Trump has asked him to declare a state of emergency over the nation's opioid epidemic. The opioid epidemic began when doctors prescribed an enormous amount of opioid painkillers, causing the drugs to proliferate across the country. As the opioid epidemic has progressed, many people suffering from opioid drug use disorder have moved from painkillers to heroin. The report wants this treatment greatly expanded, from health care settings in prison to traditional drug treatment facilities. But it remains inaccessible; only 10 percent of conventional drug treatment facilities in the US provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, according to the commission. New opioid commission advises Trump to declare national emergency President Donald Trump's opioid commission approved a report Monday that gives several recommendations for how to address a deadly epidemic. The "first and most urgent recommendation" is t