From CBC Radio: Is Addiction a Disease?
297 words|1.5 min read|Many treatment centers and addiction professionals have championed the idea of addiction as a disease rather than a moral failing. And with more people than [...]
Pyramid Healthcare Announces Reclamere Partnership
189 words|0.9 min read|Pyramid Healthcare’s IT department is proud to announce a partnership with data security specialists Reclamere. In an effort to increase data security and protect confidential [...]
NPR Talks to Opioid Addict Finding Treatment
160 words|0.8 min read|NPR’s podcast Embedded spoke recently with a former nurse named Joy who found herself addicted to an opioid called Opana. Click here to listen. This [...]
Pyramid Healthcare Announces Third Acquisition In 2016
300 words|1.5 min read|Pyramid Healthcare announced today its acquisition of Quest Services, Inc., a central Pennsylvania provider of behavioral healthcare services. Founded in 2001, Quest offers outpatient and [...]
Pyramid Healthcare Acquires Mazzitti & Sullivan
294 words|1.5 min read|Pyramid Healthcare announced today its acquisition of Mazzitti & Sullivan, a central Pennsylvania provider of outpatient behavioral health services and employee assistance programs (EAP). Mazzitti [...]
Pyramid Healthcare Acquires Real Recovery
210 words|1.1 min read|Pyramid Healthcare announced today its acquisition of Real Recovery, a sober home for young men located in Asheville, North Carolina. The acquisition of Real Recovery [...]
C.D.C. Issues Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids
214 words|1.1 min read|In response to the growing opioid epidemic in the United States, the C.D.C. announced yesterday recommended guidelines for primary care doctors who give their [...]
Anti-Overdose Drug Available in Kroger Stores
291 words|1.5 min read|Grocery store chain Kroger made news this week with its announcement of plans to begin selling anti-overdose drug Naloxone (also called Narcan) at store pharmacies. [...]
2015 “Take a Cab…We’ll Pay The Tab!” Campaign A Success
139 words|0.7 min read|Pyramid Healthcare, Blair County Drug & Alcohol Partnerships, and the law offices of Edgar Snyder & Associates provided 59 free rides home in Blair County [...]
Marijuana Decriminalization Approved by Pittsburgh City Council
150 words|0.8 min read|The City of Pittsburgh voted Monday, December 21, 2015 to implement legislation that would reduce the possession of less than 30 grams (approximately one ounce) [...]
Pharmacists Touted as Last Line of Defense Against Opioid Addiction
92 words|0.5 min read|DEA top officials and Pennsylvania pharmacists met in Pittsburgh recently to address prescription opioid abuse in relation to heroin use and overdose deaths. A collaborative [...]
Take a Cab…We’ll Pay the Tab!
200 words|1 min read|Pyramid Healthcare, Blair Drug & Alcohol Partnerships, the law offices of Edgar Snyder & Associates, and WTAJ-TV 10 are pleased to announce the return of their [...]
The National Night of Conversation: Use family dinner as a gateway to discuss drugs & alcohol
412 words|2.1 min read|Image: www.facebook.com/drugsoverdinner On November 19, 2015, Dr. Oz, the cardiothoracic surgeon who hosts “The Dr. Oz Show,” and national organization Drugs Over Dinner [...]
Celebrate National Recovery Month!
222 words|1.1 min read|September is National Recovery Month! Throughout the month of September, national organizations like the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National [...]
Pyramid Healthcare Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
204 words|1.1 min read|CARF International announced that Pyramid Healthcare, Inc. and its drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs have been accredited for a period of three years. Previously accredited [...]
Opioids Potential Cause Behind Increase in Overdose Deaths in U.S.
346 words|1.7 min read|A recent report published by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation revealed that drug overdoses cause more deaths in [...]