With all the chatter about Obamacare, you may not have heard about health reform’s major implications for those struggling with drug abuse. (Check out our ongoing Affordable Care Act series with the Sun Journal for a primer on the law.) Today, our health system largely segregates treatment of our physical health from care for our mental […]
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Drug addicts look like CEOs, soccer moms, and your grandmother
Drug Abuse Maine FocusIn my office hangs an Advertising Council public service ad from the late 60’s/early 70’s entitled “Diagram of a Drug Abuser.” It shows a very sketchy young man with arrows pointing to all the tell tale signs that he’s one of those bad, bad people who do drugs. It was outdated and ridiculous forty years […]
Addiction and recovery for women conference scheduled Sept. 6
Drug Abuse Maine FocusHusson University’s Institute for Continuing Health Education Programming will host University of California, Los Angeles integrated substance abuse program professor, Christine Grella at an addiction and recovery for women conference Sept. 6. Grella will share the results of her latest research about chemical dependence and gender differences in substance abuse trends, according to a news […]
Drug-affected babies: Unwitting victims of Maine’s opiate problem
Drug Abuse Maine FocusNearly 800 babies born in Maine last year were exposed to drugs in the womb. Take one look at the chart in today’s story and it’s clear the problem has only worsened in recent years, as opiate addiction has ballooned into one of Maine’s top public health threats. Prescription painkillers intended to ease the burden […]