More than $190 million in state funding will flow to eight new mental health and drug treatment facilities across the Bay Area, part of a $6.4 billion bond voters narrowly approved in 2024 to expand California’s shortage of treatment beds. The latest round of Proposition 1 grants, announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, totals nearly $1.2…
Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep throat and instead of being prescribed an antibiotic you are told it isn’t urgent and you can wait to treat it. A solution is within…
Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of 2021, the most recent data available. Decades of evidence show that addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease of the brain . Nonetheless, there’s…
Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of 2021, the most recent data available. Decades of evidence show that addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease of the brain. Nonetheless, there’s still…
Andy Dick has left rehab and moved into a sober living facility following a reported drug overdose in Los Angeles Comedian and actor Andy Dick has checked out of a rehabilitation facility and relocated to a sober living home following a reported drug overdose late last year. The 60-year-old confirmed the update to TMZ on…
Details By Elyse Wild January 21, 2026 The Cherokee Nation is investing $23 million into addiction treatment centers, the tribe announced last week. The investment is part of tribal legislation that was passed on Jan. 14, aimed at shoring up resources for addiction care amid the ongoing opioid crisis. While the opioid crisis has…
There is still a stigma around addiction, even nearly 30 years after former National Institute on Drug Abuse director Alan Leshner argued that addiction is a brain disease. Dr. Steven Ey, chief of service at Hoag Addiction Treatment Centers, still sees it all the time. “The idea of it being a moral failing is still…
Caron Treatment Centers | Palm Beach Post An internationally recognized nonprofit expert in addiction and behavioral health treatment, Caron Treatment Centers is advancing the future of addiction treatment at The Keele Center. Caron’s state-of-the-art medical facility in Delray Beach combines proven, traditional therapies with innovative approaches targeting the brain to create better outcomes and better…
Leading addiction treatment provider teams up with hometown Eagles to promote mental health awareness and substance use disorder treatment KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Recovery Centers of America (RCA), a leader in evidence-based substance use disorder and mental health treatment, today announced a multi-year partnership with the Philadelphia Eagles, establishing RCA…
America’s BestAddiction Treatment Centers 2024 Addiction is a serious problem in the United States of America—and a common one. Nearly 60 percent of Americans over the age of 12 used drugs that were not prescribed for medical use in 2022, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) most recent national survey….
