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Nicotine addiction and substance use disorder treatment: The Philadelphia story
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly February 8, 2019 AThe Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and its leadership have a well-deserved reputation for pioneering recovery-oriented systems of care. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, […]
Philly City Council members get Narcan training
KYW Newsradio February 7, 2019 It’s a sign of the times: Philadelphia City Council members and their staffs received training Tuesday on how to administer the overdose-reducing drug Narcan. Councilwoman Cindy […]
Philly’s behavioral health team: The stigma against this addiction treatment is undeserved
Generocity.org February 6, 2019 What’s in a name? For those following news about the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia and beyond, medication-assisted treatment, or MAT for short, is a frequently encountered phrase. […]
Officials expand medication-assisted treatment as they tackle opioid epidemic
KYW Newsradio January 30, 2019 As Philadelphia continues to struggle with the opioid epidemic, the behavioral health department has announced it will make medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, available to everyone who […]
Philly’s behavioral health team: The stigma against this addiction treatment is undeserved
Generocity January 30, 2019 What’s in a name? For those following news about the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia and beyond, medication-assisted treatment, or MAT for short, is a frequently encountered phrase. […]
Department of Behavioral Health announces it will offer Medication-Assisted Treatment to all
KYW Newsradio January 28, 2019 As Philadelphia continues to struggle with the opioid epidemic, the Department of Behavioral Health has announced it will make Medication-Assisted Treatment available to everyone who enters […]
New Philly mandate: Fight opioid crisis with medication-assisted treatment
Billy Penn January 22, 2019 helley Bastos’ problems with opioids started early, after surgeries as a young woman hooked her on Percocet. But after years of battling drug use, she finally […]
Philadelphia doubling down on medication-assisted treatment for opioid addicts
Philly Voice January 18, 2019 It was announced on Thursday that, by next year, individuals with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia will be able to access medication-assisted treatment (MAT) through any […]
As Philly pushes for more medication-assisted drug treatment, thousands of treatment slots are still empty
Philly.com January 18, 2019 Fighting the worst urban overdose epidemic in the country, Philadelphia health officials have scrambled to offer more of what is proven most effective in helping opioid users […]
Smoking banned at city-funded residential addiction treatment programs in Philadelphia
6abc – WPVI January 14, 2019 PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A somewhat controversial smoking ban has gone into effect in Philadelphia. All city-funded residential drug and alcohol treatment programs are now tobacco-free. […]