In Taunton, Sen. Markey Discusses 'Epidemic' of Heroin Addiction

Published February 25, 2014

In Taunton, Sen. Markey Discusses 'Epidemic' Of Heroin Addiction
Under the federal health care law, insurers are required to provide coverage for both inpatient and outpatient substance abuse care, though some carriers can limit that to just 20 days per year. The National Institute of Drug Abuse says the most …
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LETTER: Truth about drugs the right approach
More than three decades of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) prove that addiction is a complex brain disease. Most addiction research agrees that the cause of addiction occurs in the midbrain and involves the dysfunction …
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Editorial | Drug addiction is national, not personal, failure
The chronic nature of drug addiction is exemplified by Hoffman's case — the actor had reportedly been clean for 23 years before relapsing and checking himself into a drug rehab facility last year. Indeed, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports …
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