BISHOP’S CONFERENCE: Malvern Makes Addiction Presentation to Bishops
Plymouth Meeting, PA – Malvern Treatment Centers was invited to be the sole presenter on addiction and the US opioid crisis at the 26th National Catholic Bioethics Center workshop, titled Healing Persons in a Wounded Culture, in Dallas, Texas in February of this year.
THE ROC: Insights from Malvern Director of Intervention Services Patrick Brown, LSW, CIP
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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Longer Addiction Treatment Is Better, Study Confirms
The longer patients receive treatment for addiction, the greater their chances of success, a new study finds. The study included 72 people, with an average age of 30 years. The participants were being treated for a variety of addictions, including alcohol and drugs such as opioids, amphetamines and benzodiazepines.
CNN: DEA turns to texting to fight prescription drug abuse
Georgia is one of the first states in the country to try the texting effort. The city of Philadelphia is also experimenting with the program. Agents hope it will become a successful weapon to fight the war on prescription drug abuse, a war they feel they are losing.
NY Daily News: Most prescription drug abusers get pills from friends, not drug dealers: CDC
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found most prescription painkiller abusers get the drugs for free from friends and family. Only 15% of the most frequent abusers reported buying pills from drug dealers or strangers.
Local News: Lancaster coroner: Prescription drug abuse an “epidemic,” caused 46 deaths here in 2013
Officials say, prescription drug abuse kills more people in Lancaster County than cocaine and heroin — by far. “There is an epidemic of prescription drug abuse,” said Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, county coroner and a longtime family doctor.