Scott urges Congress to expand opioid addiction treatment under Medicare
February 06, 2018
WASHINGTON — Gov. Phil Scott and members of his administration encouraged lawmakers in Congress Tuesday to consider expanding Medicare to cover opioid addiction services.
Scott and Human Services Secretary Al Gobeille appeared before a subcommittee of House Ways and Means to testify on Vermont’s experience combating the opioid crisis.
How to help employers address opioid addiction in the workplace
January 16, 2018
The numbers around the opioid epidemic are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the amount of prescription opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled since 1999. The use and abuse of opioids is rapidly escalating — so much so, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services declared it a public health emergency in October.
What is mental health?
Mental health is about how people think, feel, and behave. Mental health care professionals can help people manage conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addiction, and other disorders that affect their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
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Medically reviewed by Bethany Juby, PsyD — Written by Adam Felman and Rachel Ann Tee-Melegrito — Updated on March 22, 2024
The pandemic's impact on substance abuse
We know that COVID-19 can be deadly, but the shutdown that aimed to prevent disease spread, triggered another killer, substance abuse.
The CDC says more people died of overdoses in the 12 months ending in May 2020, than in any prior 12-month period.
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Written By Benita Zahn
May 18, 2021 12:02 PM
“The stakes are life and death”: Addiction treatment’s Covid-19 challenge
The government eased access to drug addiction treatment during the pandemic. Now that could go away.
​By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Dec 1, 2020, 11:00am EST