RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – January is National Substance Use Disorder Treatment Awareness Month.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 48.4 million Americans experienced a substance use disorder in the past year, and only about 1 in 5 received treatment and it can quietly take over a life.
Licensed addiction and substance abuse counselor Serena Timoszyk says substance use disorder can be identified when those substances start to take over other parts of a person’s life…