Here are 15 addiction treatment updates Becker's has reported on since April 5:
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Approximately 46.3 million people ages 12 or older, or 16.5 percent of the population, had a substance use disorder in 2021, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
There were more than 103,500 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. from 2021 to 2022, according to the CDC.
California has granted $17 million to 44 community and tribal organizations aimed at preventing youth substance abuse.
CHANCES, an addiction services program in Philadelphia, has closed following financial hardship, NPR affiliate WHYY reported May 1.
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New legislation in Oregon would create a task force on alcohol pricing and addiction services to better understand how much money the state spends on addiction treatment and prevention, and how much taxes from alcohol sales fund that spending, the…
Mental health and substance use counselors make an average of $56,230 annually in the U.S., according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.
The National Emergency Services Information System has released a report showing the national nonfatal opioid overdose rates from data collected between March 2022 and March 2023.
The National Emergency Services Information System has released a report showing the national nonfatal opioid overdose rates from data collected between March 2022 and March 2023.
Mental health platform ReKlame Health has launched an in-home addiction medicine care program which seeks to address the increase in alcohol misuse following the pandemic.