Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services

Health law could overwhelm addiction services

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With money for treatment limited, slots in rehabilitation centers and hospitals are scarce. In Minnesota, which has one of the higher substance abuse rates in the nation — 11.6 percent of the population — there are slightly more than 3,900 inpatient …
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Lawyer for transplant candidates awaits response from HHS – Brewer pushes

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The settlement is the largest in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration and it covers allegations that a Jupiter, Fla. distribution facility failed to report suspicious drug orders from six Walgreens retail locations, which then filled the …
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Mojo – June 2013

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Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data. The racial … The Times story also features …
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