Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Officials say prescription drug abuse is leading the drug epidemic. They say treating the addiction is key, but limited funding for treating substance abuse is making that difficult. "You wouldn't believe the amount of …
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Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
Oregon's Medicaid program, the state-and-federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled, covers substance abuse treatment, while Kentucky, with a few exceptions, does not. Oregon is admitting more than twice as many addicts for treatment as …
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Addicts overwhelm Kentucky's drug treatment options
Reporter Laura Ungar wrote these stories while participating in The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a program of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism, which is providing partial funding for this …
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