“Doctors are afraid of the medical board,” said Dr. Greg Skipper, a Southern California addiction specialist. “The board is a blunt instrument. It’s basically lawyers and cops.” When doctors are ...

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Macomb County officials are instituting a myriad of programs to take advantage of a financial windfall from the opioid settlements with the goal to helping those who have use disorder to recover.

The growing number of collegiate recovery programs at two-year schools like Minneapolis College reflects an increasing awareness that many survivors of opioid addiction and those who struggled with ...