Substance Abuse Centers Offering Tailored Help To Members Of LGBTQ Community

“If you’re somebody with substance use disorder, you face tremendous stigma, discrimination and you’re less likely to seek care and access to treatment,” said Lipi Roy, a clinical assistant professor at NYU Langone Health. “If you’re transgender [or LGBTQ], same thing. Then you combine those two. It’s just so less likely to seek care and get the care that you need and deserve.” News on the opioid crisis comes out of New Hampshire and Nevada, as well.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2Y3vgkJ