Medi-Cal billed for treatment of non-qualified clients
But even as clinics are shut down, others are filling in, picking up some of the same mentally impaired residents for substance-abuse counseling they may not need or understand. Dilapidated sober-living houses and bed-bug-plagued homes for the elderly … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Mental help
The state plans to invest $ 1.5 million a year — $ 3 million over the biennium — in projects that link nonviolent offenders to local community-based behavioral care and addiction treatment. The first round of funding covers 12 … To pay for Community … Read more on Toledo Blade

Promises to kick drug habit are only empty words
What do you think I can do to encourage her to follow through with treatment? I miss my mother. … If your mother has been an addict since you were 6, your entire childhood has been spent taking care of her and raising yourself. I am truly sorry for that. Read more on Saukvalley