Stories Tagged as
Drug addiction
Substance use treatment goes virtual as people shelter from pandemic
by
Alisa Roth
May 12, 2020
Treatment usually involves in-person therapy and group meetings. Now, counselors are trying to adjust.
Families bear the costs of alternative sentencing programs
Apr 12, 2019
Does alternative sentencing create a system of easily exploited free labor?
As jail costs pile up, one county is taking a new approach to community service
by
Caitlin Esch
Apr 11, 2019
The opioid epidemic is filling jails. Wise County, Virginia, is looking for alternatives.
The Danish hotel helping recovering addicts get back on their feet
Mar 14, 2019
Hotellet, in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, is a hotel that trains and employs recovering drug addicts, helping its staff work and reconnect with the wider community. At $74 a night, which includes a Scandinavian breakfast, the rooms are inexpensive for Copenhagen. The staff work mornings and the hotel switches to “self-service” for guests in […]
Opioid overdoses overwhelm the nation's morgues
May 11, 2017
Drug-related deaths highlight a critical need for more trained pathologists.
Susan Burton's fight to stop a cycle of 'institutional abuse'
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
May 9, 2017
After doing several stints herself, helping women transition out of prison is personal.
Opioid epidemic inspires startup to help mothers with drug addiction
by
Blake Farmer
Jan 9, 2017
Babies born addicted to opioids require expensive hospital stays. One Tennessee company is trying to cut those costs.
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Farming program aims to help addicts and their families
Nov 24, 2016
The program in southern Oregon uses volunteer work and clean eating to get parents clean.
Report says state laws do little to curb opioid abuse
Jun 24, 2016
One of those measures includes making it hard for patients to get prescriptions from multiple doctors.
Raising money for rehab as the heroin crisis spreads
May 4, 2016
With insurance uncertain and rehab costly, families are turning to fundraising.