Love and fire
Charlie, 38, had begun experimenting when he was 13, and by his late teens nursed a crack addiction, according to court documents from the mid-1990s. In 1994, he was living with an uncle who looked the … A 1996 letter from a probation officer …
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Obamacare: It's Working!
The Congressional Budget Office downsized its first-year private enrollment projection from 7 million to 6 million people – a bar even administration allies feared could be impossible to clear, leading House Speaker John Boehner to brand the president …
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Millennium Treatment Group Offers Great Treatment Option for Recent Increase …
Opiate addiction is on the rise in the Tampa area. Millennium Treatment Group has seen a recent increase in the number of patients needing treatment. Because of this, Millennium Treatment Group is offering a great addiction treatment option for those …
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Sex Offender Arrested After Patient Reports Sexual Battery – NewsOn6.com …
"12 & 12, Inc., a comprehensive recovery center for persons dealing with alcoholism and drug addiction, is cooperating with the Tulsa Police Department in the investigation of an alleged assault on one of its clients. The alleged incident occurred in …
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Long-term care options seen as gap in drug treatments
“After the five-day spin dry, we're stuck again,” he said. “That's the missing piece,” said Nick Costello, executive director of John Ashford Link House, which has residential addiction treatment programs in Salisbury, Newburyport, Amesbury and Gloucester.
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Heroin use taking a toll on Pennsylvania
SAMHSA has a 24-hour hotline — 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — and a directory of more than 11,000 alcohol and drug addiction treatment facilities and programs at http://www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov . Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin … INSURANCE …
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Heroin deaths on the rise in Arizona
A local rehab facility has a six-month wait. One school …. CALIFORNIA: California has seen an increase in heroin addicts seeking treatment since fiscal year 2006-2007, as a proportion of addicts seeking treatment for all drugs including alcohol …
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End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some
Even more shocking — police say the mom knew about the alleged abuse, but never did anything about it. … In addition to home computers, XP is used to run everything from water treatment facilities and power plants to small businesses like doctor's …
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Fast, cheap test can help save lives of many babies
Her pediatrician thought it might be reflux and suggested that Easley, a physician from Bethesda, Md., who works for the Food and Drug Administration, change her diet. When things … "Congenital heart defects affect one in every 100 live births," said …
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Housing bias complaint brings in HUD
Petree was the principal and registered agent of Hope Village Inc., a nonprofit corporation “that provides support for individuals recovering from drug addiction and alcoholism.” The center, which Petree said he had to close … In the complaint …
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Officials: OMART closure would leave hole in area rehab treatment
Cpl. Selena Johnson talks with inmates at the Baxter County jail. A high percentage of inmates are in jail on drug offenses. Treatment centers like Omart give justice system officials an option to send offenders for addiction treatment. / Kevin Pieper …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to recovery
In the course of Marchese's five-year battle with heroin, the Blackwood, N.J., man was repeatedly denied admission to treatment facilities, often because his insurance company wouldn't cover the cost. Then one night in June 2010, a strung-out Marchese …
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