Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
While most insurance policies cover up to 30 days in a residential center, nobody actually gets those 30 days, said Tom McLellan, CEO of the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia who served as deputy drug czar under President Barack …
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Part II: Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Patty DiRenzo pauses as she uses a computer at her home in Blackwood, N.J., to look online for people seeking help for drug addiction. Her son, Salvatore Marchese, was found dead of a heroin overdose in her car, a needle and a bag of heroin on the …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment across US
Doctors gave him an IV flush to clean out his system, and sent him home. Marchese and his sister stayed up all night calling inpatient treatment centers only to be told: We have no beds. We'll put him on a waiting list. Call back in two weeks. As …
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