Court and Probation Officials Train for Pilot Drug Program
Crawford County Common Pleas Court employees and Probation Officers participated in two seminars recently in preparation for participation in a five county Addiction Treatment Pilot Program scheduled to begin in January 2014. On November 14 and 15, …
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Leading Online Addiction Treatment Provider, Lionrock Recovery, Announces Its …
Real Time Recovery creates a 24/7 therapeutic experience for outpatient addiction treatment clients, integrating Lionrock's proprietary mobile Internet application and online video conferencing with individualized treatment plans to bring therapeutic …
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Online addiction program would offer resources to those in recovery
"If you have internet access you can have access to recovery information," explained Drew Ingram, chief executive officer of Recovering(me), a 36-lesson online curriculum focused on addiction education. The pay-subscription program would … When …
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Mandatory drug tests start for felons on Minnesota welfare
St. Louis County social service officials have started enforcing Minnesota's new drug-testing program for residents receiving state “welfare” benefits who previously have been convicted of a felony drug crime. The county is following a little-known law …
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A new kind of addict: Methadone clinics find new mission in fight against …
“We treat mainstream America,” said Ed Ohlinger, the regional director for 10 private, for-profit addiction treatment centers in the Southeast owned by CRC Health Group, including the Volunteer Treatment Center in Chattanooga. In Tennessee, methadone …
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At 'Last,' the Breeders return
Kelley was arrested in a drug bust in 1995 and forced to face up to years of heroin addiction. That's when — like Eric Clapton, Steven Tyler and many other musicians — she arrived in Minnesota to get clean at Hazelden in Center City. “It's a …
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Memphis Treatment Center Launches Program to Address Binge Drinking In …
Memphis, TN (PRWEB) December 06, 2013. A Memphis treatment center is launching a new program focused on the problem of binge drinking for people living in Memphis and surrounding cities through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. A 2012 report from …
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Fresno Treatment Center Announces New Adult Programs Based on National …
… (PRWEB) December 07, 2013. A Fresno treatment center is announcing that, in light of a national report's findings, new adult and adolescent programs focused upon substance abuse issues are being launched through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers.
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Epilepsy Drug Gabapentin Shows Promise In Treating Alcohol Dependence
Another medication, acamprosate, is thought to help restore the chemical balance in the brains of alcohol-dependent people after they stop drinking, and the third, naltrexone, blocks the brain's opiod receptors and has been shown to ease addicts …
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Armed robber pleads for help in tackling drug addiction
St. John's man asked Judge James Walsh to recommend he be enrolled at an inmates' drug rehabilitation centre in Quebec. “It would mean the world to me if you could do this for me,” Macaulay said, reading from a sheet of paper. It's not known if Walsh …
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