Addiction Recovery Blog

Alcohol use disorder is treatable. Learn about FDA-approved medications, proven therapies, levels of care, and how families can support lasting recovery.

How Medicaid covers detox, MAT, outpatient and residential addiction treatment — what varies by state, how to check your benefits, and where to get help.

What Medicare Parts A, B, and D actually pay for — detox, outpatient care, methadone, buprenorphine — plus costs, gaps, and how to find covered providers.

Pennsylvania's DDAP says its free naloxone and test strip network now spans 100 partner organizations statewide, with overdose deaths down nearly 30% over three years.

Springfield Fire Department is installing free, 24-hour naloxone distribution boxes at all 13 city fire stations, expanding low-barrier overdose reversal access across the community.

Maryland's Office of Overdose Response is hosting five regional virtual town halls August 4-6, 2026, inviting residents to shape how opioid settlement funds are spent.

UM Health-Sparrow's Q1 2026 drug report shows 48 deaths across seven Mid-Michigan counties, up from 35 a year earlier, with carfentanil and medetomidine now appearing in toxicology results.

Maine's June 2026 overdose report shows Bangor has already recorded 23 fatal overdoses this year against 35 in all of 2025, even as statewide deaths trend down.

DEA Indianapolis, the Marion County Coroner's Office, IMPD, and county prosecutors issued a joint public safety warning on August 3, 2026, as emerging synthetic substances increasingly appear in local overdose deaths.