Govt urged to focus more on preventing drug abuse
The 2013 annual report published by the United Nations-affiliated organization found that drug addicts in countries around the world, including Indonesia, lacked medical treatment from the state. The report shows that in every six drug addicts, only …
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South Jersey drug treatment providers: For heroin addicts, more inpatient care …
That's not a lot of time to see how well a law is working, but addiction treatment professionals in South Jersey have reservations about the law when it comes to a troubling trend in drug abuse. The law, the state Senate bill number of which was S881 …
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Senate bill aims to expand drug-abuse treatment
A little-publicized bill now in the state Senate's insurance committee would drastically expand treatment options for heroin and opioid pill addicts — and potentially reshape the landscape of drug rehabilitation in New York, experts say. Senate Bill …
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Addictions Specialist Joins Promises Treatment Centers as Director of Young …
Ms. Ogle has more than 25 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and adults in addiction, trauma and co-occurring mental health disorders in both a treatment center environment as well as in private practice. She is a licensed …
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New drug treatment facility proposed
Last September the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction services, which licenses agencies like Parmadale, placed the facility on probation amid allegations that a former employee had sex with a girl there. Last month, Catholic Charities said …
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Barrow opens one-stop ALS treatment center
And now, she has a new place to receive treatment — and possibly help find a cure for the disease. In December, the institute opened an ALS and neuromuscular center that offers patients a one-stop shop where medical professionals can test, treat and …
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Shumlin signs budget adjustment bill at opiate treatment center
“What this budget adjustment does is advance the money to ensure that places like this treatment center here in South Burlington can stop saying, 'We can't help you because we got waiting lines,'” Shumlin said during a news conference at HowardCenter …
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Vt. treatment center fights to keep tax-exempt status
An addiction treatment center in Underhill is pushing back against a ballot item targeting its tax-exempt status. Maple Leaf Farm treated more than 2,000 people over the last two years. Executive Director Bill Young says he's confronting a budget …
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Proposed Drug Treatment Facility Creates Controversy
Faye Fountain often baby sits her grandchildren. She lives across the street from the "old"Florala Memorial Hospital which may be transformed into a private drug treatment facility. In addition, a half-way house for post treatment is planned in a …
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Affordable Care Act expands coverage for addiction treatment
SO: Before the Affordable Care Act took effect, about a third of those who bought a health plan in the individual market had no coverage for addiction treatment, according to Health & Human Services. Then, even when a plan did provide the coverage, it …
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LI lacks drug treatment spots, expert tells Suffolk lawmakers
Jeffrey L. Reynolds, executive director of Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, testified that the region lacks drug treatment facilities and hospital beds for detoxing patients. "Getting someone into detox at this point in time is an …
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Substance Abuse And Mental Disorders Often Go Hand-In-Hand. What's The …
Addiction treatment specialists are well aware of the fact that drug and alcohol abuse can also cause symptoms of a mental disorder – in other words, if you take away the drugs and alcohol, the mental problems ease up or go away entirely. But that's …
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More beer money could go to alcohol, substance abuse
… a bill that passed the Utah House on Thursday. Rep. Jack Draxler's HB40 would require that counties and municipalities that get money from the proceeds of beer sales spend at least 10 percent of the money on alcohol-and-substance-abuse prevention.
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