Funding Cuts to Drug Treatment Centers Mean Addicts Get Turned Away

Published September 6, 2013

Funding cuts to drug treatment centers mean addicts get turned away
The average length of stay in North Carolina for mental health and substance abuse patients in emergency rooms is 16 hours, up 68 percent from 2010 to 2012, according to the N.C. Hospital Association. Until hospital staff can find a drug treatment …
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State-funded rehab clinics face budget cuts
In an op-ed published in The News & Observer, Kochersberger called on the state to lead the way in treating addicts by continuing to fund North Carolina's three addiction treatment centers, in Greenville, Black Mountain and Butner. “The numbers are …
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