Medicaid Expansion Could Help Fight Drug, Alcohol Addiction

Published June 14, 2013

Medicaid expansion could help fight drug, alcohol addiction

Filed under: drug addiction

HARRISBURG – Getting Pennsylvania to participate in the federal expansion of Medicaid coverage will provide new funding to tackle the problems of drug and alcohol addiction which are a root cause of crime, a Lackawanna County judge told a House …
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Recovery Associates Drug Rehab Center Expands Services to Include …

Filed under: drug addiction

Recovery Associates Drug Rehab Center Expands Services to Include Oxycodone Addiction Treatment. Oxycodone is mostly used as pain medication, yet it can become habit forming. Recovery Associates' therapists, counselors and programs help …
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Really, Is Marijuana Use OK?

Filed under: drug addiction

As one of the least addictive and less damaging drugs, marijuana is now decriminalized in some form in about 20 states in the U.S. If decriminalization of marijuana brings about successful results eventually, decriminalization of all other drugs might …
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Local center helps female drug addicts

Filed under: drug addiction

Thousands of people struggle with drug addiction throughout the Panhandle. But, the Downtown Women's Center in Amarillo is doing all it can to help out local women. The program is designed to help keep recovering women off the street. The ABBA House …
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