Experts Urge Longer Care, Better Post-Treatment Services to Ease Opiate Crisis

Experts urge longer care, better post-treatment services to ease opiate crisis
Another director, of a network of recovery centers statewide, said they need more money to help people stay drug-free for life. The committee plans to decide Wednesday morning how the money can be best spent and make a recommendation to the House … Read more on vtdigger.org

Tulsa County town hall focuses on juvenile center, jail expansion
It would be wiser to build adequate mental health care and drug and alcohol treatment centers and shelters for the homeless than to treat all social problems as crimes and to house them in an expensive jail instead of helping them get help to treat … Read more on Tulsa World

Cal Thomas: The NHS: Dogma vs. experience
The NHS was supposed to reduce the number of people who seek treatment in emergency rooms. Instead, the BBC reports, some patients visit them as many as four times a week. Citing data from 183 sites obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, BBC … Read more on Lincoln Journal Star