addiction treatment

August 21, 2021 | 10:34 AM

Many ERs fail people who struggle with addiction. These new approaches might help

Many hospitals fail to screen for substance use, offer medications to treat opioid use disorder or connect patients to follow-up care.

By Aneri Pattani/Kaiser Health News

July 6, 2021 | 10:38 AM

Lawmakers renew call for stronger addiction treatment oversight as two Pa. providers charged

Two Philadelphia addiction treatment facilities and their owners face criminal charges for allegedly sending illegal kickbacks to recovery homes and forcing patients into substandard care.

By Ed Mahon/Spotlight PA

June 22, 2021 | 7:47 AM

Prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorders is easier now, with political uncertainty cleared up

Under the previous restrictions, doctors were required to take an eight-hour training course to prescribe buprenorphine, with a 30-patient cap.

By Jason Peters/WHYY

June 19, 2021 | 9:13 AM

Overdose deaths rose during the War On Drugs, but efforts to reduce them face backlash

By Brian Mann/NPR

August 12, 2020 | 4:05 PM

Inside some Pennsylvania rehabs, ‘it’s like COVID doesn’t exist’

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

By Aneri Pattani/Spotlight PA

May 29, 2020 | 7:08 AM

For opioid users, pandemic means new dangers, but also new treatment options

By Nina Feldman/WHYY

April 24, 2020 | 6:24 AM

Naloxone by mail? What N.J. addiction help looks like during COVID-19

By Joe Hernandez/WHYY

March 24, 2020 | 6:30 AM

Quarantining patients at Pa. drug treatment centers could pose risk, but many have nowhere else to go

Some people in treatment centers have nowhere to go. With recovery houses and homeless shelters closing to new entrants, alternatives are dwindling

By Aneri Pattani/Spotlight PA

March 19, 2020 | 12:45 PM

Pa. eases take-home restrictions on meds for people in opioid recovery to reduce clinic crowds

Some patients in treatment for opioid use disorder will be able to take home up to a month’s supply of methadone, Pennsylvania officials announced Wednesday.

By Aneri Pattani/Spotlight PA

December 30, 2019 | 9:06 AM

Pennsylvania offers student debt repayment for health care workers in addiction treatment field

Doctors, licensed social workers and other behavioral health care professionals who have been working in the field of substance use disorder treatment for at least two years are eligible to apply.

By Sarah Boden/WESA

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