For the first time, justice-involved individuals will be eligible to receive critical health care coverage through Medicaid prior to...

It is critical for people to have access to a system of care that has adequate capacity to provide all levels of treatment

SBIRT is a concept that has been utilized in other disease processes but really addiction is its primary usage.

Nobody chooses addiction. This isn't a choice for us. We aren't here because we're bad people, we're here because we have an illness.

Like other chronic illnesses, substance use disorders get worse over time. There are 3 levels of severity: mild, moderate, and severe.

People have different risk factors that make them more vulnerable to developing SUDs.

Doctor Nora Volkow, MD, research psychiatrist and scientist, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National...