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rya2198591

Arizona Substance Abuse Statistics | Drug Rehab Center | Drug Detox - 3 views

www.lakeviewhealth.com/...ona-substance-abuse-statistics

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  • an epidemic of alcohol and drug use in Arizona. The widespread availability of prescription painkillers, alcohol, and street drugs can lead to dependency and addiction, and Arizona substance abuse statistics are sobering.
  • Between 2018 and 2019, nearly 215,000 Arizona residents over the age of 18 were abusing pain relievers.
  • Arizona emergency rooms see a significant number of overdoses due to prescription pain relievers, and arrests for driving under the influence have increased as well.
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  • At Lakeview Health, located in Jacksonville, Florida, we provide addiction treatment for patients from Florida and across the United States, including Arizona residents. Our team offers individualized treatment options for patients across the United States, and we provide a range of programs for a variety of substances. 
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      rya2198591 on 31 Aug 21
       
      There seem to be well meaning Drug Rehab facilities but it looks like the one advertised here is all the way in Florida. That is not very accessible to most people. This does suggest that there might be an economic barrier to Drug Rehab quality.
  • rya2198591 on 31 Aug 21
     
    The author of the article gives information about recent Drug abuse statistics and infographics on the trends in Arizona. The author also advertises the company Lakeview Health. While the article seems to be getting its statistics from credible sources like the CDC, its comments on how it can help people in Arizona with Drug abuse should be taken with a grain of salt because of its relation with a company bound to look for customers. (The Rehab Center is all the way in Florida).
jward1989

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Across Generations | - 2 views

drugabuse.com/...cohol-abuse-across-generations

alcohol abuse generations drugs

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  • jward1989 on 04 Sep 16
     
    Substance abuse has always been woven into American culture. But now the abuse of substances is now curving American history.
  • jward1989 on 04 Sep 16
     
    Substance abuse has always been woven into American culture. But now the abuse of substances is now curving American history.
saxonkuncis

Drug Abuse & Addiction - 0 views

www.webmd.com/...drug-abuse-addiction

drug+abuse mental+health legal+addiction illegal+addiction

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  • saxonkuncis on 08 Sep 18
     
    Drug abuse In America is a huge factor that society is confronted with every day. This article explained the difference between drug abuse and addiction. While any drug abuser is addicted as well, their are different factors that must be taken into consideration.
chy2142465

Thailand: New Anti-Drug Campaign Risks Abuses | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

www.hrw.org/...nti-drug-campaign-risks-abuses

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  • chy2142465 on 01 Feb 16
     
    This article talks about an anti-drug campaign that was imposed in 2008 and the risks of people abusing the campaign. When a similar anti-drug campaign was introduced in 2003, people were killed and many of the people that were killed were blacklisted as suspected drug dealers by the authorities.
kas2127928

Prescription Drug Abuse - 0 views

youth.westchestergov.com/...prescription-drug-abuse

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  • kas2127928 on 08 Sep 14
     
    Prescription drug abuse in teens is becoming more of a problem than underage drinking. An organization is reaching out to local pharmacies to put out brochures on statistics for drug and alcohol abuse in teens.
ash2149128

Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction - 0 views

www.drugabuse.gov/...rstanding-drug-abuse-addiction

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  • ash2149128 on 01 Feb 16
     
    Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. It is often mistakenly assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop using drugs simply by choosing to change their behavior.
Michelle Evrard

DrugFacts: Methamphetamine Drug Abuse - 0 views

www.drugabuse.gov/...methamphetamine

Personal+Freedoms abuse methamphetamine drugs

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  • Michelle Evrard on 04 Feb 14
     
    Methamphetamine is often misused and made in small, illegal laboratories. In an effort to limit producing methamphetamine, there was a law made to limit how often one of the main drugs can be sold in pharmacies.
  • Michelle Evrard on 04 Feb 14
     
    Methamphetamine is often misused and made in small, illegal laboratories. In an effort to limit producing methamphetamine, there was a law made to limit how often one of the main drugs can be sold in pharmacies.
katiecakes6

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients and Public Assistance - 0 views

www.ncsl.org/...ing-and-public-assistance.aspx

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  • katiecakes6 on 01 Feb 16
     
    Drug testing for public assistance may seem like a no-brainer to some, but to many others they feel as though it goes against their own personal rights. What about people with a serious health condition? What about people who abuse the system and do drugs instead of working?
karlag1308

Criminalization of Opioid Drug Use - 0 views

thecrimereport.org/...izing-opioid-drug-users-report

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  • karlag1308 on 08 Sep 20
     
    This article talks about Harm reduction practices as a way of managing drug use disorders, instead of incarceration. Harm reduction is especially necessary when dealing with opioid use.
smurphy6600

Health Net lawsuit reveals the financial engine of drug rehab industry - 0 views

www.azcentral.com/...907734001

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  • The only "Obamacare" health insurer in metro Phoenix and Pima County is ensnared in a legal dispute with several addiction treatment centers over the cost of care amid an Arizona opioid epidemic that is taking an average of two lives each day. 
  • Maricopa County Superior Court lawsuit
  • widespread fraud among Arizona and California drug rehab centers in 2015 and 2016, when it alleges"teams of brokers" recruited out-of-state clients to fraudulently obtain insurance policies and to seek treatment in Arizona.
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  •  residential “sober homes”
  • headaches for local government officials as they try to determine how to manage the unregulated industry.
  • Prescott, which once claimed more than 100 sober homes, has adopted regulations to provide more oversight of them.
  • Federal and state prosecutors have aggressively pursued cases in Florida and California in connection with fraudulent activities such as patient brokering.
  • There have been no criminal cases filed in Arizona, however. 
  • Six of the rehab facilities that accuse Health Net of improperly withholding payments are in Prescott: Chapter 5 Counseling, Prescott House, Compass Recovery Center, Clean Adventures of Sober Living, Decision Point Center and Carleton Recovery Centers.
  • Three others, T R U Recovery Solutions, North Ridge Counseling and Desert Cove Recovery, list Scottsdale addresses. 
  • The rehab facilities allege that Health Net improperly withheld payments to virtually every rehab center in Arizona and southern California beginning in January 2016. Health Net halted the payments as part of an investigative audit that demanded each center provide detailed records such as proof of patients' residency and assurances that patients did not receive incentives to sign up for rehab. 
  • Health Net said in court documents that claims filed by rehab centers in Arizona soared because of widespread fraud
  • Health Net's PPO plans paid $2.4 million to all Arizona rehab centers in 2014. Those payments soared to $47.4 million in 2015
  • Those plans paid more for rehab care that year than all other types of care in Arizona, including typically expensive medical care such as cancer, heart disease and child births, according to the insurer’s counterclaim.
  • Here’s how the fraud worked, the insurer said in its counterclaim:Brokers would scout out people in 12-step programs, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, homeless shelters and jails, then refer these clients to the “highest-bidding clinic.”Clinics that were not part of the insurer’s network paid clients’ insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles and co-payments.The result was that people secured Health Net coverage “arranged and bought for them by financially-interested providers for one purpose only: to obtain coverage for the limited time needed to rack up millions of dollars in substance abuse treatment.” Some clinics misrepresented the home addresses of patients, many of whom lived out of state. 
  • “a sophisticated fraud involving the fraudulent enrollment of non-Arizona residents,” who signed up for Arizona insurance policies. 
  • misrepresenting their home address
  • Clean Adventures staff member told him to list the rehab facility's address on his insurance application.
  • put him in contact with an insurance agent who suggested using Clean Adventures' address on his insurance application
  • The insurer named 10 other examples of people who lived in California, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Wisconsin but represented that they lived in Prescott or Scottsdale.
  • The insurer also said the rehab centers engaged in fraudulent billing, charging for services that were not medically necessary or in amounts that exceeded what the plan allowed.
  • A 2008 law called the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act requires insurance plans to provide equitable coverage for substance abuse and addiction treatment. The Affordable Care Act also requires health insurance plans cover essential health benefits, including behavioral health services, and it forbids insurers from denying coverage to individuals based on existing medical conditions. 
  • The unintended consequence was (some) addiction treatments centers began taking advantage of that and over-billing," said Angie Geren, executive director of Addiction Haven, a grassroots and advocacy organization focusing on addiction issues. 
  • House Bill 2333
  • curb the practice of paying referral fees to brokers who steer patients to rehab centers.
  • bill never made it out of committee.
  • Florida
  • "The scam starts with deceptive advertising at the beginning," Aronberg said. "You are lured down to sunny Florida with a free plane ticket, which is illegal. You are given illegal benefits to keep you there."
  • patients often find themselves booted from treatment when their insurance benefits run out.
  • incentive for people to relapse so they can obtain another round of coverage.
  • Sober Home Task Force targeting the practice of buying and selling patients battling addiction
  • Johnson said rehab centers that provide legitimate services are being harmed as insurance companies scrutinize payments and bad actors poach patients away. 
  • ken.alltucker@arizonarepublic.com
Michelle Evrard

Makers of Methamphetamine Depend on Farmers for Ingredient - 0 views

www.highbeam.com/...1G1-96626710.html

Personal+Freedoms drug abuse methamphetamine

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  • Michelle Evrard on 04 Feb 14
     
    Makers of methamphetamine are stealing anhydrous ammonia, a fertilizing chemical, from farmers It is one of the only ingredients a drug producer cannot obtain by going to the store. Government is trying to limit availability for misuse.
  • Michelle Evrard on 04 Feb 14
     
    Makers of methamphetamine are stealing anhydrous ammonia, a fertilizing chemical, from farmers It is one of the only ingredients a drug producer cannot obtain by going to the store. Government is trying to limit availability for misuse.
son2053729

DrugFacts: High School and Youth Trends | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - 0 views

www.drugabuse.gov/...high-school-youth-trends

statistics drugs addiction teens

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  • son2053729 on 31 Jan 16
     
    This article helps us understand how wrong our perception of teens can be. These facts of a decline in teen's use over the past 2 decades, is a promising reaffirmation of the education provided to them about the dangers of cigarettes, alcohol and illicit drugs.
jas2208915

Family and social aspects of substance use disorders and treatment - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...PMC4158844

substance abuse SUDS personal+freedoms

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  • jas2208915 on 02 Feb 21
     
    This article describes the burdens drug addicts face day to day. It also describes how drug addictions cause addicts to have higher rate in suicides, homelessness, criminal behaviors, and incarceration.
dal2124240

Mental Health | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - 1 views

www.drugabuse.gov/...mental-health

Mental Health Disorders++

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  • dal2124240 on 30 Jan 17
     
    Drug Addiction and Mental Health Disorders are often times diagnosed together. Depression and Anxiety are large contributing factors.
ben2044259

How States Handle Drug Use During Pregnancy - 0 views

projects.propublica.org/...ternity-drug-policies-by-state

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  • ben2044259 on 05 Feb 17
     
    Across the country, hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers have been accused of child abuse or other crimes when they or their newborns tested positive for controlled substances. Laws on drug testing of infants and new mothers vary, but the stakes are always high.
sldaly

Obesity in Children - 5 views

www.webmd.com/...obesity-children

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  • sldaly on 27 Jan 17
     
    One third of children in the U. S. is overweight or obese, and this number is continuing to rise. Children have fewer weight-related health and medical problems than adults. However, overweight children are at high risk of becoming overweight adolescents and adults, placing them at risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes later in life.
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  • luminitaparavat on 28 Jan 17
     
    Obesity in children in our country happens to have the highest percentage in comparison with other countries. I think we, as parents and we, as responsible adults can change this. We should have in schools mandatory pysical education classes, at least once a week. and it would still make a difference. Also, the school snacks or lunches, the menu needs adjustment and changed to a more nutritional one, not one that is high in calories. Now, I know that kids love fast food, but if that can be limited I think would change something. Sometimes us, the parents we are making this mistake, being in a hurry out of convenience, we buy some fast food and dinner ready. Of course, the child loves it and everyone is happy, but if we do this over and over, the result is child obesity and health issues related to that. The change needs to start with us, as adults in the choices we make.
  • monique102 on 28 Jan 17
     
    Diet and activity is so important especially when it comes to children. Adults are supposed to engage children in daily activities and teach them while they are young to have a clean eating diet. The U.S. definitely has the highest rates when it comes to obesity. With all the fast and processed foods around it just makes it convenient for us all to buy.
  • aus2127741 on 29 Jan 17
     
    Parents who let their children become obese are abusive. Also these so called "healthy" menus at schools are often nothing more than calorie restrictions. For example, my former high school Ironwood often only served a slice of pizza and that is it and charged $2.75. Students would instead by 2 slices of pizza from vendors for a dollar each. Also many students just skip lunch all together and snack after they get home from school. Another problem is the budget. Cafeteria workers make very little money and have a small amount of money to spend,. As a result cafeterias serve junk food because it is cheaper. Also many parents use the busy excuse to be neglectful of their children's health.
  • che2146091 on 29 Jan 17
     
    To say that parents who let their children become obese are abusive have never struggled with weight. But that too is a generalization. There are so many children that are on fighting diseases and are given medication that has side effects of weight gain.One of these drugs is steroids. My daughter is fighting several different battles she was born with. She is on steroids, by the doctor, to fight one of the diseases. She is also a love vegetables and fruits. She swims every week. She takes tap, ballet, jazz and gymnastics. She is overweight, but very fit. Some diseases are ruthless. To say that being overweight is because you eat pizza and that you are unhealthy is just wrong. There are many ways that you can be unhealthy. Looks can be deceiving. Don't judge that book until you read it
  • and2177879 on 29 Jan 17
     
    High blood pressure at such a young age is horrible. The parents are not the only ones at fault but our society is at fault for allowing to go as far as it has gone. As "aus2127741", states about the school systems lack of nutritional value is absolutely correct, it being disgusting.
  • cheyennehorne on 29 Jan 17
     
    Obesity in children is often sad to see but it is becoming very prevalent in American society. In my opinion, a mixture of an extremely sedentary lifestyle as well as poor nutritional choices at school and at home contribute largely to this issue. Because children now have a multitude of indoor activities that don't necessarily get them on their feet and a lack of overall knowledge on what is a decent, balanced diet I'm not really surprised to see this issue skyrocketing.
  • azrafuentes101 on 03 Feb 21
     
    Obesity is still rising especially because of the pandemic that we are going through which made families quarantine for a long time. It is very sad that the obesity rates only have increased.
kat2221799

Opioid Overdose Crisis | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - 1 views

www.drugabuse.gov/...opioid-overdose-crisis

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  • eri2244072 on 07 Sep 21
     
    The opioid crisis is bigger than what most people realize. Hundreds of people die daily due to overdosing on opioids, millions affected each year. It all started in the early 90's when everyone said painkillers aren't addictive. Years later everyone finally realized that opioids are indeed very addictive. Opioids need to be prescribed carefully in order to help slowly resolve the issue.
  • kat2221799 on 08 Sep 21
     
    In this article, it shows how this pandemic started. It also informs the readers of what we currently know about the opioid overdose and what we are doing about it.
sandra saldana

The Plan B Absurdity: Emergency Contraception Is Treated Like A Drug That Could Be Abus... - 0 views

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emergency contraception teen personal+freedom

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  • sandra saldana on 04 Jun 13
     
    There is less consequences for a teen to take the emergency contraception than to take aspirin but many, politics or the FDA do not think the same.
lizznicole

Opioid overdose - 1 views

www.who.int/...opioid-overdose

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  • lizznicole on 07 Sep 21
     
    Opioids are a very serious pain killer that is killing tons of people. Most opioids contain heroin, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, methadone, tramadol, and other similar substances
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  • eri2244072 on 07 Sep 21
     
    I agree, opioids are a very serious pain killer. This issue needs to be addressed, millions of people are affected each year. Too many people are overdosing on opioids.
  • kat2221799 on 08 Sep 21
     
    I also agree, opioids have cost many people their lives off of addiction. Addiction has become a problem with abuse of the drug.
  • sie2143733 on 08 Sep 21
     
    I totally agree, addiction with opioids is so serious!
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