Drug Addiction Tennessee: Prescription Drug Addiction and Abuse Is the New Enemy
TennCare, Tennessee’s equivalent of Medicare, is the first insurance provider to be backed by a law against fraudulently-obtained prescription drugs. Specifically – if you go to a doctor for a prescription and have received a prescription for that same drug in the past month, you have to inform the doctor of that fact. If you don’t, you can be investigated and, if found guilty of fraud, charged with a felony. Previously, you could be prosecuted for selling the drugs, but not for buying them and certainly not for attempting to buy them. The new law is intended to curb the practice of ‘doctor shopping’, which has fueled rising prescription drug addiction and abuse statistics.
Drug Use Tennessee: More Nashville Drug Rehabs Needed as Drug Use Soars on Many Fronts
Nashville has more than its share of problems with drugs and alcohol. As a state, Tennessee is currently in competition with Missouri over who had the most meth lab busts 2010, Doctors under investigation for prescription fraud and nurses getting caught high on the job or pilfering Percocets from the pharmacy. These stories are all too common in Tennessee rightfully have health officials more than concerned.
How Do I Find in Patient Help for Drug Addiction in Tennessee?
Question by stephaniebraswell: how do i find in patient help for drug addiction in tennessee?
i am currently on i.v dilaudid and have no insurance. is yhere any where for me to get help with out insurance?
Best answer:
Answer by dwinbaycity
Squeaky doors get oiled, in other words go to your local human resource office, hospital, health dept.,etc.. and express your true desires to cure your addictions. There are many resources. I have kicked heroin and many other addictive drugs and I didn’t need inpatient therapy. A good resource is Narcotic Anonymous. For me I wanted out and went on a Methadone detox program(NOT Maintenance).
The best recipe for recovery is desire coupled with support.
Good Luck and I hope it works out for you.