Interview With Gerry Schmidt of the Association for Addiction Professionals

Interview with Gerry Schmidt of the Association for Addiction Professionals – OnlinePsychologyDegrees.com recently interviewed Gerry Schmidt, a consultant with the NAADAC (Association of Addiction Professionals). Watch this clip of the…

In battle over anti-cancer drugs, Mo. insurers try to limit impact of 'parity …

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But the drugs can cost patients thousands of dollars a month while bills for intravenous treatments — covered as a medical benefit with a flat co-payment — are a fraction of that. Cancer patients say taking a pill at home is more convenient and has …
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Times In-Depth: Heroin's deadly return to Erie

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The department in its most recent annual report said the number of people in Pennsylvania who had received a specific treatment for heroin addiction — detoxification using a drug called Buprenorphine — increased to 780 in 2010-2011 from nearly 500 in …
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Marijuana: The High and the Low

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Soon thereafter, President Nixon launched the “war on drugs,” and in 1986, President Reagan signed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which mandated prison sentences without parole for offenders convicted of possession and sale of all illegal drugs, including …
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