Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
[rewrite]“Insurance companies need to understand that this is a disease,” said Patty DiRenzo, the mother of 26-year-old Salvatore Marchese, who died of a heroin overdose 17 days after he was released from an in-patient treatment facility. “Heroin is life …[/rewrite]
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New regs make heroin treatment challenging
[rewrite]As it stands, Massachusetts already has a shortage of inpatient treatment beds, experts say, and state funding for treatment, despite recent increases, still isn't keeping up with demand. According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …[/rewrite]
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Courage Award for Cancer Named After WUSA 9 Anchor
Courage Award for cancer named after WUSA 9 anchor
[rewrite]Today, she is a physical therapist at the INOVA Loudoun Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, Va. But for what … Then, two years ago, the Pink Assistance Fund was started to offer financial aid to women recently diagnosed or currently in …[/rewrite]
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Support Groups Erie Times-News
[rewrite]The free program offers assistance in gaining independence from addictive behavior, including substance addiction like drugs or alcohol or activity addiction like gambling or overeating. SMART Recovery promotes the idea of self-empowerment … The …[/rewrite]
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Heroin Epidemic Younger, Whiter
Heroin epidemic younger, whiter
[rewrite]State surveys of treatment centers also show that this epidemic has become far whiter and younger than it was in the 1970s or even a decade ago. … In northwest Ohio, heroin-related deaths more than doubled last year — to 80, from 31 in 2012. Even so …[/rewrite]
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The politics of addiction
[rewrite]That's a prudent investment, as Ohio's opioid epidemic generates more than $ 3 billion a year in medical, productivity, treatment, and other social costs, the Children's Safety Network reports. By contrast, House … Most public treatment centers …[/rewrite]
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Chris Brown Tossed From Rehab for Touching Women
Chris Brown tossed from rehab for touching women
[rewrite]Brown spent the weekend in jail because after he was tossed from the court-ordered rehab center, where he was getting treatment for anger management issues. One of the rules Brown allegedly violated was one especially created for him — he had to stay …[/rewrite]
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Child Trafficking in Your Own Backyard
[rewrite]Audrey was lured into the commercial sex industry at age 16 by a "boyfriend" who soon turned into her abuser. She became addicted to the drugs that temporarily numbed the degradation she was forced to endure for 13 years. Entering rehab saved Audrey …[/rewrite]
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'We'Re All Paying:' Heroin Spreads Misery in US
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
[rewrite]FILE – This May 1999 file photo provided by the DEA shows a circa 1900 Bayer aspirin advertisement featuring heroin as an ingredient, part of an exhibit at the new Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center in Arlington, Va. Heroin …[/rewrite]
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Waldorf native, med student bikes for North Carolina health center
[rewrite]… might as well take my bike there, too,” said Cox, who, along with boyfriend Jordan Vance, spent a few days after the Asia trip with family in Charles County, which includes her mother, Mary and stepdad Joe Gemmell, father Gary Cox and sisters …[/rewrite]
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Where in Houston Texas Can You Go for Free Hiv Resting?
Question by abhijeet_00: where in houston texas can you go for free hiv resting?
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Answer by Boba Phatt
Your best bet is to check with the Houston Department of Health and Human Services – 713-794-9020.
Answer by ostraussey
Lots of places for anonymous or confidential HIV tests–hard to tell which are free. This one definitely is:
Families Under Urban and Social Attack
Mailing: Post Office Box 88107 (77288)
Physical: 3402 Dowling Steet, Suite 201
Houston, Texas 77004
Tel: (713) 942-9333
Fax: (713) 942-8915
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.fuusa.org
Counties Served: Harris
Area of City: Central
Clientele: General public
Contact: Amana Turner
Confidential HIV testing (free), prevention counseling, health education/risk reduction, HIV prevention education, street outreach, educational materials, evidence based interventions (Community Promise, Voices/Voces).