Drug Treatment Funding – Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS)

High Point Community Foundation Helps ADS

Wednesday, 06 December 2017 by Max Menius

Fox8 News has provided media coverage of ADS’ facility on Chestnut Drive in High Point and the assistance that ADS has received through the years from the High Point Community Foundation. The Foundation has provided funds that sustained ADS’ Prevention efforts among other upgrades to help keep the facility running. The ADS High Point location used

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Governors Institute on Opioid Addiction

Monday, 12 June 2017 by Max Menius

North Carolina has an informative website which addresses the rising opioid problem. The address is GovernorsInstitute.org and this site highlights the issue of opioid use and misuse in the United States. Mentioned there is that 998 North Carolinians died of opioid overdose in 2015. The Governors Institute offers guidelines on opioid prescribing and also focuses

Governors Institute

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Infants Born To Opioid Addicted Mothers

Tuesday, 13 December 2016 by Max Menius

The Winston-Salem Journal has posted a story about the increase in infants being born to mothers addicted to heroin or other opioids. This trend is nationwide. The article explains that many of these infants are experiencing withdrawal symptoms after birth requiring hospitals to treat & stabilize the infants before they are released and sent home.

Opioid Withdrawal pregnancy

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Funding For Drug Treatment Services (Opinion)

Wednesday, 13 April 2016 by Max Menius

I began counseling in a North Carolina outpatient substance abuse treatment center in 1988. For the next 12 years, there seemed to be a sufficient level of state funding for detox, and inpatient and outpatient drug treatment services. Facilities were staffed well, clinical teams were typically well-trained, and substance abuse treatment programs were equipped to