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Pregnancy often motivates people to seek treatment for substance use. Yet significant barriers stand in the way of those who want care, even as national rates of fatal drug overdoses during and shortly after pregnancy continue to rise.
A federal initiative seeking to combat those overdoses is distributing millions of dollars to states to help fund and expand programs like Empowered.
LAS VEGAS — When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, in 2009,
A federal initiative seeking to combat those overdoses is distributing millions of dollars to states to help fund and expand programs like Empowered.
A federal initiative seeking to combat those overdoses is distributing millions of dollars to states to help fund and expand programs like Empowered.