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During January, the county Department of Behavioral Wellness joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

WASHINGTON -- More than 40 million Americans were living with a substance use disorder in 2020, Capt. Michael King, PhD, MSW, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) ...

Thanks to a $2.6 million, five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Caring Together program will be better able to treat substance use disorders ...

Several COVID-era flexibilities relied upon by opioid treatment programs and their hundreds of thousands of patients will become permanent later this year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

If you or someone you know needs help with opioid use disorder, call the SAMSHA National Hotline at 1-800-662-4357 According to the CDC, one in seven Americans reports experiencing a substance use ...

Supporting someone with substance abuse. NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 have partnered with Metrocare, a provider of mental health ...