The number of U.S. fatal drug overdoses has more than doubled in the past eight years, with about 110,000 such deaths in 2022, according to the National Institutes of Health. The leading cause of death, by far, is fentanyl, which has gone from prescription pain reliever to a synthetic opioid furtively smuggled into the country, […]
For years, the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center in Portland, Oregon, had helped a small group of patients dealing with gambling addiction. “We could offer someone an appointment the same or next business day,” Frankie DiFerdinando, director of Lewis & Clark’s problem gambling service, told Addiction Treatment Business. Then came the gambling apps, which […]
Eric Frieman’s brother is an Army infantry officer deployed twice into combat zones, who lost more of his soldiers to suicide and behavioral health-related challenges than combat. Frieman’s own best friend died from a drug overdose. In these instances, Frieman told Addiction Treatment Business that he saw people “not able to get the help that […]
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