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Category Archives: Economic Crisis

Treating Addiction Cuts Health Care Costs: Let's Put Our Money Where The Savings Are

Published in Addiction, Drug Abuse, Economic Crisis, Healthcare Reform, Phoenix House
Treating Addiction Cuts Health Care Costs: Let's Put Our Money Where The Savings Are

The national debate on health care reform has overlooked an area of vast potential savings—the treatment of substance abuse. Untreated or under-treated substance abusers are world-class consumers of health care dollars; they are repeat customers, who crowd emergency rooms and overwhelm clinics. 

A recent study by CASA, Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction… read more

Tagged: "Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse", Addiction, CASA, Crisis, Evidence-based programs, health care reform, Medicaid, Phoenix House, Rising Above Addiction, Substance Abuse, substance abuse treatment Read & Discuss » No Comments

The Silent Crisis

Published in Addiction, Economic Crisis, Phoenix House
The Silent Crisis

While the new Obama Administration has been focused – rightfully – on the financial crisis and the impact this is having on the average American, another crisis has been simmering, beneath the radar.

This crisis deserves equal attention because of its devastating impact on individuals, families, and communities. And because it is growing – in part… read more

Tagged: Addiction, Crisis, Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, Obama Administration, Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP, Penn Schoen & Berland Associates, Phoenix House, Rising Above Addiction, Substance Abuse, Tom McLellan Read & Discuss » 1 Comment
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