Support groups in the area are ready to help in various ways
FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High School, hosted by Frontier Health; offers tools, friends and families needs to assist people with addiction, move toward recovery; Tuesdays, 6:30 …
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The High Life
“If street drugs like heroin could be decriminalized, regulated, controlled and distributed in a medical context along with serious addiction treatment protocols, those who choose to abuse the drug would, at the very least, be able to count on …
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Budget cuts target residential addiction treatment centers
Budget cuts in residential substance abuse treatment would cost the state more over the long term, according to mental health professionals and addicts. A legislative subcommittee has proposed a $ 2.04 million reduction to inpatient programs that treat …
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State Shuts Down San Jose Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
A drug and alcohol rehab facility in San Jose was shut down by the state Wednesday, forcing clients to seek treatment elsewhere. Marianne Favro reports. State Shuts Down San Jose Drug and Alcohol… Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this video.
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Mountainside Treatment Center Celebrates Its 16th Anniversary
Since its opening in 1998, Mountainside Treatment Center in Canaan, CT has been nationally-recognized as one of the leading providers of clinically-effective drug and alcohol addiction treatment in the country. On February 26, 2014, the rehabilitation …
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Flagstaff addicts in recovery speak out
In an effort to try to keep young people off heroin, other illegal drugs and alcohol — and to keep clean themselves — some young people in a treatment facility in Flagstaff are going out into the community to tell their stories. “Telling their …
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New Drug a Possible Breakthrough for Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
Emphasizing the wider clinical significance of the study findings, Dr. Squadrito noted that these results suggest "the possibility of a proven effective drug, relatively inexpensive at around $ 250 for 8 weeks of therapy, with a high safety profile …
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Massive rise in prisoner drug and alcohol treatment
Corrections Minister Anne Tolley says there has been a rise of almost 1500 per cent in places on drug and alcohol treatment programmes for prisoners since 2008. This financial year over 3,700 prisoners will have access to treatment for their addictions …
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Actor Matthew Perry to help raise funds for alcoholism and addiction treatment …
… Perry to help raise funds for alcoholism and addiction treatment in Houston. Since conquering his addictions to prescription drugs and alcohol, Matthew Perry has shared his struggles with the hope that they will promote the benefits of sobriety and …
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Bloomington residents file a lawsuit against rehab facility
ST. GEORGE — A civil lawsuit was filed on Feb. 4 by a group of Bloomington area residents who are opposed to the operation of a drug and alcohol residential treatment facility which opened on Jan. 13. The facility is located in a residential area …
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Noted Addiction Expert from Elements Behavioral Health to Deliver Keynote …
The Recovery Place is one of Florida's premier drug and alcohol treatment centers. The Recovery Place provides individualized, client-centered addiction treatment with multiple programs to fit clients' needs, including detox, day treatment, intensive …
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INCB Preaches Prevention and Treatment to Tackle Drugs in Latest Report
Indonesian officials have begun a push for greater access to rehabilitation programs in recent years, but efforts to address the problem with treatment centers instead of prison terms has yet to effect widespread change. The nation has some of the …
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