LAKEVIEW HEALTH NEWS

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One of the most effective tools that you can use to maintain recovery is knowledge. Our Health News and Updates page gives you the most recent and relevant articles about Lakeview Health, as well as healthy living tips, addiction treatment, and recovery news from across the country. Visit our Lakeview Health In the News page to find articles about our treatment center and our work with addiction treatment centers nationwide.


 

August 24, 2022

The Heroin Triangle Investigation The Heroin Triangle is a group of suburbs in Atlanta forming the “triangle”. The focal point […]

February 4, 2021

Financial concerns can hold some people back from seeking the help that they need for substance use disorder. There is […]

April 15, 2020

Addiction and your physical health are intertwined, with one directly impacting the other. Various types of drugs affect your body […]

April 14, 2020

As the world faces a pandemic with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many are concerned about how this may affect them. […]

April 13, 2020

The last few weeks have brought about a head-spinning set of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s hard not […]

April 9, 2020

Amid the anxiety-driven COVID-19 fears, people struggling with substance use disorders can take comfort in knowing there is safety offered […]

March 20, 2020

As the country works together to reduce the spread of COVID-19, many are encouraging the practice of social distancing. However, […]

March 3, 2020

In conjunction with our existing infection control policies, Lakeview Health is closely monitoring local, state and federal guidance regarding the […]

September 20, 2018

Substance misuse and its harms are a pervasive problem in the United States. Not only are individuals and families struggling […]

August 31, 2018

Sally J. Finn at the Salvation Army in St Kilda, Melbourne created International Overdose Awareness Day in 2001. Since its inception, […]

July 24, 2018

Key Issues Addressed By The SUPPORT Act Legislation The SUPPORT Act (Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment […]

July 1, 2018

Today, July 1, 2018, Florida’s new opioid laws for the regulation of the use of prescription opioids went into effect […]

March 26, 2018

Opioid Epidemic in New England Far from Over New England has been among the hardest-hit regions in the opioid epidemic. […]

February 27, 2018

Our Response: A Seven-Step Plan for Ending the Opioid Crisis In a recently published article, “A Seven-Step Plan for Ending […]

February 26, 2018

Drug Overdose Deaths Rising: It Isn’t About Giving Up One Thing Drug overdose deaths are occurring at record levels in […]

January 18, 2018

Opioid Epidemic in Hays County Texas Drug overdose deaths in Texas have been leveling off in recent years according to […]

January 16, 2018

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus before he leaves office in […]

September 27, 2017

Wisconsin Leads Midwest in Alcohol Misuse and Faces Growing Meth Problem By Michael Rass Like many other states in the […]

September 25, 2017

A poll from the National Safety Council (NSC) shows one in three Illinois residents has been directly touched by the […]

September 22, 2017

Photo: MTA New York City Transit / Marc A. Hermann / CC BY 2.0 New York Provides Inexpensive Naloxone to […]

September 19, 2017

New Pilot Program to Reduce Opioid Deaths in Jacksonville By Michael Rass Fact: Every day, an average of 12 people […]

September 13, 2017

More than 4,600 people died of drug overdoses in Pennsylvania last year, a 37 percent increase from 2015 according to […]

September 12, 2017

More than 4,100 Ohioans died from accidental drug overdoses in 2016, a 36 percent increase from the year before. On […]

September 8, 2017

Photo: Lisa Chamberlain / CC BY-SA 2.0 Ohio has one of the worst addiction problems in the nation. The state […]

September 7, 2017

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) released its latest data on opioid overdoses in June. The 2016 Arizona Opioid […]

August 30, 2017

Last year, approximately 13 people died each day of a drug-related overdose in Pennsylvania, according to a new report by […]

August 21, 2017

Photo By: Dori / CC BY 2.5 Like other states in the nation, Wisconsin has been struggling with the impact […]

August 18, 2017

Texas lost 2,601 people to drug overdoses in 2014, many of them to heroin and other opioid drugs. That year, […]

August 15, 2017

Photo: Don Ramey Logan / CC BY-SA 4.0 Heroin deaths in Miami-Dade reached record level in 2015, with 83 recorded […]

August 10, 2017

The number of opioid-related deaths continues to rise in Chicago. In response, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced new plans in July […]

August 7, 2017

Photo: Don Dearing / CC BY-SA 2.0 The number of children being removed from their homes in Northern Florida’s Duval […]

July 31, 2017

Photo: Paul Keleher / CC BY 2.0 Gloucester, the historic fishing city north of Boston, made national headlines in 2015 […]

July 26, 2017

Photo: Alvesgaspar / CC BY-SA 3.0 A new report from Florida’s medical examiners found that fentanyl overdose caused more deaths than any […]

July 17, 2017

Photo: Donald Siano / CC BY-SA 3.0 There is new hope for people struggling with substance use disorder in New Jersey’s Union […]

July 17, 2017

The extremely dangerous opioid carfentanil has been confirmed in Houston prompting immediate protective measures for forensic laboratories, and first responders. […]

July 10, 2017

Photo by: Ynsalh / CC BY-SA 4.0  Ohio is one of three states comprising the heartland of America’s opioid addiction crisis. […]

July 3, 2017

The national opioid addiction crisis has not bypassed communities in northern Texas. In 2014, Dallas County had the second-highest overdose […]

June 28, 2017

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has dedicated the last year of his term in office to tackling the drug addiction […]

June 26, 2017

Photo By: Argash / CC BY-SA 3.0 The national opioid addiction crisis is also affecting neighborhoods in San Antonio. In 2014, […]

June 14, 2017

Houston is the seat of the internationally renowned Texas Medical Center, which contains the world’s largest concentration of research and […]

June 6, 2017

Photo by Esmerelda Jade / CC BY-SA 4.0 Six years after shutting down most of the infamous pill mills, central Florida […]

May 31, 2017

The number of daily opioid overdoses in South Florida is overwhelming the police, reported Public Radio International in April. “Delray […]

May 23, 2017

Photo by Johnathan Zander / CC BY 2.0 Substance use in Florida is on the rise as the national opioid epidemic […]

April 19, 2017

Georgia—like many states across the nation—has seen a dramatic increase of drug overdose fatalities in recent years. As elsewhere in […]

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