The Strategic Impact Of Addiction Treatment Legislation

Yesterday, we highlighted a new wave of statistics-rising suicide rates and declining life expectancy numbers—that are both the likely result of the effects of the increase in addiction rates in the U.S. (see Suicide Stats, Addiction Stats - But Not A Lot Of Solutions). There is rarely a day that goes by without some news coverage of some aspect of this wave. And, these numbers have the attention of educators, corrections officials, child welfare managers, health care policymakers, and legislators-for obvious reasons.

Legislators have responded with a parallel wave of legislation related to addiction and addiction treatment . . .