Substance use disorder articles
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Column: Substance use disorder can be treated
Whitney’s mother asked her daughter with feelings of trepidation and devotion: “How many lives do you think you have? You’re not a cat.” Whitney, whose last name is withheld, just survived her eighth overdose; the proverb of a cat’s nine lives. She under- stood she may not survive another — there may not be a next time.
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Climate crisis is worsening homelessness, substance use disorder
"As our climate increasingly becomes an even more hostile force, the intersection of homelessness and substance use increases its impact."
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Whitmer to sign new law for equal insurance coverage for mental health and substance use disorder
Governor Gretchen Whitmer will sign a bipartisan legislation today at 11 a.m., that will require insurance companies to cover treatments for mental health and substance use disorder the same as physical health.