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Laguna Treatment Hospital’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner LaQuicha Westervelt-House recently penned an op-ed about addiction treatment being a growing field for nurses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that between 2020 and 2030, careers for counselors in the fields of substance use, behavioral disorders and mental health could grow by 23%, which, according […]

AAC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lawrence Weinstein was recently interviewed in Healthline about the findings of a recent study that found that heavy drinkers “hold their liquor” better than others, but only up to a certain level of alcohol intake. The study, published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, tested the effects of alcohol consumption […]

AAC’s CEO, Dr. Tom Britton, was recently interviewed by Reuters on the heels of recently released provisional data from the CDC indicating more than 109,000 Americans died of an overdose in the 12-month period ending in January 2023. This estimate is a 0.7% increase from last year’s number of overdose deaths, which is another record […]

Desert Hope Director of Nursing, Jonathan Sprecher, and counselor Stacy Ledesma, were interviewed by Las Vegas’ NBC affiliate KSNV about the growing issue of methamphetamine use and overdose deaths throughout the state. According tot he Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Las Vegas District Office of the DEA, more than twice as many people […]

AAC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lawrence Weinstein, was recently featured in a Fox News article on the first new smoking cessation drug in 20 years. Cytisinicline, a plant-based derivative of cytisine, recently underwent phase III trials, which yielded promising results. The medication has been shown to be up to eight times more effective than a […]