Occupational therapy and drug or alcohol addiction – Peter and David’s story

Occupational therapy and drug or alcohol addiction – Peter and David’s story – Occupational therapy can help people overcome drug and alcohol addiction to live more fulfilling, active lives.

Our View: State should lift limits on drug abuse treatment

Filed under: drug addiction treatments

A retroactive two-year limit on state funding for methadone and buprenorphine – the most effective drugs for treating heroin addiction – makes it much tougher for public health workers in Maine to turn the tide of the epidemic. Shutterstock.com. Select …
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Is Obama Delivering on His Promise of a "21st Century" Approach to Drugs?

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Obama has indeed repeatedly increased funding for addiction treatment. He proposed $ 9 billion in his latest budget, up 18 percent from 2012. Despite that, only 1 in 10 of the 21.6 million Americans in need of drug or alcohol addiction treatment …
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