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Getting help for substance abuse addiction: Understanding alcohol and drug rehab and addiction treatment programs

Struggling with substance abuse can feel overwhelming, affecting your physical health, mental wellbeing, and relationships.
City Journal

Compulsory Drug Treatment Works

Does compulsory drug treatment even work? That was the challenge on critics’ minds last week after New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a new proposal to compel the city’s addicts into treatment.
The New York Times

Desperate for Drug Treatment

Readers respond to Nicholas Kristof’s column about his friend’s struggle with addiction. To the Editor: Re “The Prison Sentence That Saved My Friend’s Life,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 9): My ...
CNN

They needed treatment for drug addiction. The company they turned to may have used them to commit fraud

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Overdoses in L.A. jails fueled by long waits for drug addiction treatment, staffers say

Despite a push to expand medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction, wait times in L.A. County jails are leading to ...