Massachusetts Law Would Allow Access to Addiction Treatment
“For nonviolent offenders, treatment should always be an option,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “At Passages, we've helped our clients stop using drugs and alcohol and return to living meaningful lives.” At Passages …
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Suncoast Rehab Center Encourages "Pain Medicine Management" Trend in 2014
Suncoast Rehab Center pushes for an industry overhaul that includes implementing narcotic reduction programs that use alternatives to opioids for pain management–all in an effort to reduce prescription painkiller addiction. Share with Twitter Share …
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Question by Emily: Can Florida’s Baker Act “take someone away” for drug addiction?
My cousin has an addiction problem to crack cocaine. She will not go to rehab. Can I have the local authorities come and Baker Act my cousin and have her “taken away” to get treatment for her crack addiction problem?

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Answer by Kojak
yes , and please do it before she kills herself . God Bless you .

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Vermont gets M grant for drug treatment program
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Gov. Peter Shumlin and Health Commissioner Harry Chen announced on Friday that Vermont will get a $ 10 million federal grant to expand early intervention and treatment programs for young adults at risk of alcohol and drug abuse.
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Selena Gomez left rehab 4 weeks early: Drug and alcohol treatment cut short
Selena Gomez left rehab four weeks early, against the advice of medical professionals, TMZ reported. Sources said Gomez checked into a six-week rehab program on Jan. 1 to treat her problems with alcohol, marijuana and the prescription sleep drug Ambien …
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Addiction Treatment Center, Clinical Lab To Pay .75 Million For Fraudulent …
Addiction Treatment Center, Clinical Lab To Pay $ 15.75 Million For Fraudulent Urine Drug Testing. LEXINGTON – A chain of opiate addiction recovery centers, headquartered in Harrodsburg, and a Russell Springs, Ky., clinical laboratory, along with two …
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Question by HairdresserONFire: Addiction Help?
I’m just wondering what kind of treatment there may be for addiction to cocaine?
Thank you guys…..and I thought everyone was evil…..

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Answer by Just Kate
you can get medication from the doctor to help with the detox. Meds like Welbutrin has been known to help. But you might want to check yourself into rehab (in patient or outpatient) depending on the severity of your addiction. good luck

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Heroin's Small-Town Toll, and a Mother's Grief
But the government would not pay for inpatient treatment, and Ms. Hale, uninsured, could not afford to send her daughter an hour away to Hazelden, one of the best-known rehab programs in the country. Still, after the detox, in early 2013, Ms. Ivy …
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After 75 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous, It's Time to Admit We Have a Problem
… Greatest Tragedy, which includes a chapter aimed at debunking the idea that AA is the only way. The author Anne Fletcher released Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment and How To Get Help That Works, a deeply reported exposé …
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