Venture Concept No. 1

• Opportunity:Rates of drug abuse continue to rise in the United States. Even with increased awareness about substance use disorders, many patients do not receive treatment.All Americans of any age prescribed narcotics that have the potential for drug abuse, Health care plans, States.Many states currently have patients who are not receiving any treatment for substance abuse disorders.  Access to care challenges is one important factor related to receiving treatment.

• Innovation:Americans who are already addicted to prescription drugs, Americans who are not (or yet) addicted to prescription drugs, Americans who have insurance and Americans without insurance. Americans who want treatment and Americans who don’t want treatment whether they actually need it or not.Only testing people prescribed narcotics that have a high rate of dependency abuse. The patients that would be a challenge are the ones who need the treatment but may not want it (yet). There’s more people who need treatment than those who do not receive treatment according to studies, but do not currently receive treatment.There are many ‘whys,’ but I believe the most important why is the actual access to healthcare challenges. States could focus on review present benefits of these patients and set goals to achieve the result of increased numbers of patients receiving treatment.The most important people for me to interview were the ones that were currently in treatment or need to be in treatment and also the people who have already are done with the treatment. What I didn’t know before was the amount of people who needed treatment but had some form of excuse of why they wouldn’t go. Whether it was denial or there were trying to hide it, they found some reason to not go to treatment. Also, it seems that they were unaware of what insurance plans covered and didn’t cover. Some didn’t even know how to obtain insurance and what the costs and policies could do for their treatment plans.

• Venture Concept: With our workplace drug abuse awareness training program, businesses can finally solve this problem!Many businesses are having a hard time finding employees because the fact that many workers can’t even pass a drug test. These issues are found anywhere from the restaurant industry to the corporate world. We are offering this to those businesses so they can offer to their employees our services. The customers all have in common is that that they work for the business and they are colleagues with one another. Also, addiction affects many people, it’s not just a few.The goal of our program is to prevent a relapse, increase motivation in their lives, & change self-defeating behaviors. Businesses who don’t offer these services to their employees are only hurting themselves. Many businesses don’t know if it’s worth the cost. But did you know that drug abuse costs the United States economy 20 billion in lost productivity? Businesses should hire our exclusive all-inclusive training program. The cost of our program would depend on the amount of employees. The result of our program will help decrease work related accidents once you’ve run our program for at least a year.  

  What makes our services different than other workplace programs is that we offer free counseling available for ANY issue employees may face. We also offer free a 1-2 week inpatient detox for those who need medical assistance to get off drugs. Our educational program also includes live training, web training, online training, prescription drug take-back event, outside speakers, substance abuse resources, & drug testing for all employees.

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  Location: One team in every city. Employees: 5 people to come in to demonstrate. The main office should have at least 50 people working.

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