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treatment-access
200 articles

Guides
After a DUI: What Happens Next, What the Assessment Measures, and Where Treatment Fits
What really happens after a DUI arrest — arraignment, the court-ordered assessment, levels of care, interlock, real costs, and what families should do next.
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Guides
When CPS Knocks: A Parent's Guide to Substance Use, Safety Plans, and Getting Your Child Home
What actually happens when child protective services investigates a parent who uses drugs or alcohol — the safety plan, the 12-month clock, and what helps.
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News
A Georgia City Denied a Sober-Living Home. Federal Housing Law Sets the Bar for That Denial.
College Park, Georgia denied a sober-living home's request to house eight residents. Federal fair housing law sets the bar for whether a city can say no.
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Going Back to Work After Addiction Treatment: A Practical Guide to Jobs, Gaps, and Your Rights
A practical guide to finding work after addiction treatment: employment gaps, background checks, ADA rights, MAT and drug tests, and free federal help.
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News
A $13.3 Million Trial in Allegheny County Will Test Semaglutide Against Addiction
A $13.3 million trial will give 1,200 Allegheny County adults weekly semaglutide or a placebo to see whether GLP-1 drugs curb addiction and jail time.
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How to Read Your County's Overdose Data — and What the Numbers Can't Tell You
Anyone can open the federal overdose data behind the headlines. Here is how the four-month lag works, why some counties are hidden, and how to read a trend.
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News
Bernalillo County Declares a Fentanyl Emergency as New Mexico's Overdose Deaths Climb
Commissioners voted 5-0 to declare a civil emergency, handing the county manager emergency powers as New Mexico's overdose deaths rise and the U.S. total falls.
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When Your Loved One Is Homeless and Using Drugs: A Family Guide to Engagement, Harm Reduction, and Housing
Your adult child is sleeping outside and using drugs. What the federal data says, what Housing First actually requires, and the steps that help this week.
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News
CVS, the Rhode Island-Based Pharmacy Chain, Will Pay $315 Million Over Unlawful Opioid Dispensing
Federal prosecutors say CVS filled invalid opioid prescriptions for 12 years and billed Medicare for them. The settlement adds a DEA monitoring agreement.
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