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A provision of insurance reimbursement that is made directly to patients, specifically for substance abuse treatment, continues to ...

A new California law requires addiction treatment providers to notify clients that they have the right to safe, ethical and evidence-based services. Penalties of up to $20,000 could be imposed for violations.

Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Orange County)’s measure, The California Ethical Treatment of Persons with Addiction Act, (Senate Bill 349) was

Million which they said they would use for covid. they ought to use it to secure the border, to stop the drugs coming in and use it to get those folks into addiction programs and they ought to talk straight to the american people and explain look, you are right. we got caught trying to help people make it easier for people to smoke crack and it was dumb thing to do and we reversed course. >> harris: you know they arent going to do that. they will never admit that but you are right. if we put the...

A leading minister in the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is advocating giving drug users a "safe supply" of hard drugs. Trudeau's government initially [...]

/PRNewswire/ --The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has issued technical assistance, followed by a Notice of Violation,...

Share this article Share this article SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The ingredients for corruption are simple: an infusion of cash, poor regulations, and vulnerable patients. For one CEO of a medium-sized non-profit in California the recipe for disaster was clear early on. In the summer of 2015, Pete Nielsen, the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) leader and CEO, sat at his austere desk fielding calls about a new phenomenon hitting the ind...

Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Orange County) introduced The California Ethical Treatment of Persons with Addiction Act, (Senate Bill 349) a critical and timely new law to protect California’s most vulnerable patients, those seeking treatment for substance use disorders, from predatory practices. Senator Umberg shared that 7,121 Californians tragically died of drug overdoses (79,251 nationally) in the 12-month period ending in May 2020. This is part of a skyrocketing rise, with overdose deaths in C...

States were counting on, things lawmakers had fought for. ironically, one of the things is drug intradiction funds. >> right. >> the very thing the president is calling a national emergency, the funds he would divert elsewhere. >> thats one of the things i heard from those in congress, particularly on the arms services committee. i dont think theres just democrats in terms of congress, these projects they had to wait in line for these military construction projects. but to your point with the dr...

Conversation. these leaks continue from inside the white house. the question is, why? >> theres any number of reasons. first, let me address a comment he made. once again, its not so much what he said, its how he said it. theres no disputing the fact there is a drug abuse problem in new hampshire and many states. thats why we are having the conversation about opioid addiction and funding addiction programs to help curb the problem in many states, including new hampshire. as for the leaks and why...