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Two years after Arizona officials uncovered a $2.5 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking treatment for addictions, the state has recouped $125 million — just 5% of the funds the state estimates it paid to bad actors.

propublica.org/article/arizona

ProPublicaArizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme
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#News#Arizona#Fraud

Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”

Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.

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ProPublicaInternal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
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Forcing treatment for drug use could lead to overdoses, violate people's rights, experts say
Some experts say involuntary addiction treatment raises serious ethical concerns and could even increase the risk of overdose for some, as Ontario weighs whether it could force people in the criminal justice system to attend addiction treatment.
#health #law #ethics #addiction #Ontario #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/exp

Former millionaire and #sex therapist Wendy-Ann Paige (best known for a Lovers Guide video that was considered racy by British standards and some books she wrote in early 1990s, which would be considered relatively tame today) was found dead in #Southend #Essex at age 61 following a suspected #overdose (she was suffering from #addiction but had also been taking painkillers after being injured in an accident a year before)

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The Mirror · Lovers' Guide sex guru found dead as partner issues heartbreaking tributePolice are investigating the death of Lovers' Guide sex expert Wendy-Ann Paige after she was found dead at her home at the age of 61 - her heartbroken partner has paid tribute to her

Ontario to examine involuntary addiction treatment for people in jail, on parole, probation
Ontario is set to study how it can introduce involuntary addictions treatment for people involved in the correctional system, as it prepares to table a justice bill the government is positioning as being tough on crime.
#addiction #treatment #justice #law #Ontario #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont

I may have found a way out of restaurant work.

I was a waiter & host most of my adult life, and while I made a ton of money, breaking six figures at my peak, I never enjoyed it. Parts of it perhaps as I love talking, but it was very stressful.

The new program I've found myself in has an employment specialist who is trying to get me an internship working as an addiction counselor. They are desperately needed; nobody makes a better #addiction counselor than someone who recovered.

Attal veut un "couvre-feu numérique" pour éviter l’addiction des mineurs aux écrans. L'ex-Premier ministre s'allie avec Marcel Rufo et propose aussi le passage en noir et blanc de TikTok, Insta ou Snap au bout de 30 minutes d’utilisation pour supprimer "la sécrétion de dopamine issus des lumières bleues". Éclat de rire général, le patron de Renaissance étant connu pour sa propre exposition sur les réseaux pour toucher les jeunes...

In late 2020, voters in Oregon overwhelmingly passed the most liberal drug law in the U.S., decriminalizing possession of small amounts of hard drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. Instead of jail time, Ballot Measure 110 aimed to expand addiction treatment services. In the end, the timing could not have been worse. @RollingStone describes what happened in the state’s biggest city, Portland, and its ensuing attempts to find a balance between care and coercion:

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A person is using fentanyl on Park Avenue following the decriminalisation of all drugs in downtown Portland, Oregon on January 23, 2024. Since hard drugs were decriminalised in Oregon three years ago, there are no arrests, just a fine and a card with a telephone number where the user can get help. In February 2021, possession and use of all drugs -- including cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and fentanyl -- was decriminalised in the western state. Sale and production remains punishable. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Rolling Stone · ‘It’s Like a War Zone’: What Happened When Portland Legalized FentanylBy Jason Motlagh

美研究:外表越出眾越少打機  揭示外貌與打機習慣存在顯著關係
一項來自美國全國經濟研究所的最新研究揭示,外貌吸引程度與打機習慣之間存在顯著關聯。研究人員透過追蹤美國青少年的 […]
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