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Kansas City woman uses her own sobriety to help others recover from addiction  

Kansas City woman uses her own sobriety to help others recover from addiction  

by Anthony Morabith | Oct 25, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

A Kansas City woman who has turned her life around is trying to help others suffering from addiction do the same. Bobbi-Jo Reed, a Missouri resident who has been sober for 28 years, describes her journey, including when she was at her ‘lowest of the low.’...
Missouri addiction psychiatrist cites study showing 75% of drug abusers achieve remission

Missouri addiction psychiatrist cites study showing 75% of drug abusers achieve remission

by Anthony Morabith | Oct 23, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News

A taskforce of lawmakers has been meeting monthly since the summer to better understand Missouri’s substance abuse crisis and find ways to address it. Doug Burgess, an addiction psychiatry professor at University Health in Kansas City, said step one towards treating...

CDC: A leading cause of pregnancy-associated deaths is drug overdose

by Anthony Morabith | Oct 20, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt

Missouri lawmakers and health professionals are wrestling with Missouri’s substance abuse problem. Doug Burgess, an addiction psychiatry professor at UMKC, tells a legislative task force that one of the big challenges health professionals are dealing with is substance...

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