Addiction Treatment

Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based substance use and mental health care provider Laguna Treatment Hospital said multiple kinds of illicit drugs across the state are increasingly testing positive for xylazine, a veterinary anesthetic and dangerous drug additive.

Researchers have found that a person who has recently been released from prison is 10 times more at risk of a drug overdose in Oregon, the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment reported Feb. 21. 

San Diego County has installed a naloxone vending machine at McAlister South Bay Regional Recovery Center in Chula Vista, Calif., to help prevent opioid overdose deaths, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 9. 

Washington, D.C., anesthesiologist Robert Cao, MD, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service for charges including prescribing opioids to a patient who later died of an overdose, the Justice…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America, a substance abuse treatment network, has acquired Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Adolescent and Young Adult Advocates, an outpatient substance abuse program. 

The Healing Corner, a shuttered Milwaukee addiction center, must pay more than $2 million for allegedly defrauding Medicaid, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported March 3.

Providence, R.I.-based Recovery Connection Centers of America has closed its chain of 15 facilities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts after its founder was charged with healthcare fraud, WBUR reported March 2. 

Here are seven addiction treatment updates Becker's has reported on since Feb. 14:

The average salary for psychiatrists in the U.S. is $249,760, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

New York City pharmacist Daniel Russo, PharmD, pleaded guilty to opioid distribution and tax charges, the Justice Department said Feb. 17.