ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — More than 41,000 drug and alcohol addicts in Maryland are estimated to be eligible for health insurance next year under the federal health overhaul, according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Maryland’s health secretary said the state is well-positioned to handle added numbers who seek treatment due to big state investments in recent years.

Maryland invested more than $100 million a year of state money to support drug treatment, on top of Medicaid money that many other states rely solely on to help pay for drug treatment, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.