Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
In the course of Marchese's five-year battle with heroin, the young man from Blackwood, N.J., was repeatedly denied admission to treatment facilities, often because his insurance company wouldn't cover the cost. … Of the 23.1 million Americans who …
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Heroin Epidemic Challenges Nonprofits and Health Insurance Alike
Their mother sent them to separate drug rehab facilities in Florida, followed by halfway houses, but the two returned to their home in the St. Louis, Missouri area and returned to heroin. The younger brother was able to get into a program with … The …
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Here's Why It's So Difficult For Heroin Addicts To Get 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 … Marchese and his sister stayed up all night calling inpatient treatment centers only to be told: We have …
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