Recovery Associates Brings Its Leading-Edge Drug and Alcohol Treatment …
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Weight Loss Drug Topamax Can Help Alcohol and Cocaine Addiction, Says …
Researchers say that the drug Topamax (topiramate), which normally is utilized for treating epilepsy and helping with weight loss, can also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine. Topamax Offers Hope Previous studies have …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
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California Suspends 16 Medi-Cal Alcohol, Drug Treatment Centers
State officials are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers suspected of violating health care laws — from hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients to bilking Medi-Cal for services they never performed …
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State suspends 16 Medi-Cal drug treatment centers
(AP) – State health care officials say they are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers that are suspected of violations. The allegations include hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients and bilking Medi-Cal …
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Online Addiction Treatment Provider, Lionrock Recovery, Announces …
Leading online addiction treatment provider, Lionrock Recovery, is proud to announce the certification of its local outpatient program by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, now part of the California Department of Health Care …
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Rehab facility near Fernan Elementary criticized 1 minute ago
COEUR d'ALENE – A drug and alcohol treatment facility is seeking a special use permit to operate in east Coeur d'Alene. Problem is, it's already operating there – and has been since 1991. Only recently did the city learn that Port of Hope, the sober …
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Gateway's retiring CEO built a network of treatment facilities
After some time with the VA Center, Ramsey left to start a drug and alcohol treatment program at the former St. Joseph's Hospital on Pittsburgh's south side. During his nine-year tenure there as the program's executive director, he built the drug and …
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The Recovery Place Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center Welcomes New …
Lehmann comes to The Recovery Place with extensive leadership experience, having served as CEO and Executive Director with a number of inpatient and outpatient drug rehab and alcohol treatment facilities. These facilities specialized in providing …
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16 Medi-Cal substance abuse treatment centers are under investigation
Sixteen drug and alcohol treatment centers that provide rehabilitative services to Medi-Cal patients are suspected of fraud and of hiring providers with felonies on their records, officials from the California Department of Health Care Services …
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California Suspends 16 Medi-Cal Alcohol, Drug Treatment Centers
State officials are temporarily suspending 16 California alcohol and drug treatment centers suspected of violating health care laws — from hiring people who were convicted of abusing patients to bilking Medi-Cal for services they never performed …
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Will the Great US Penal Reform Tip the Balance for Addicts?
Such alternative programs would ideally feature addiction treatment, as 60 percent of the nation's inmate population has substance abuse problems, according to a California Mental Health Planning Council study of re-alignment. Those numbers likely …
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Cory Monteith: Why Didn't Rehab Work?
… that the immediate period after rehab is one of tremendous vulnerability. "Newly sober people are more fragile than before they became addicts," says Bob Forrest, a California-based certified drug and alcohol counselor. … "Most people have a …
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Marijuana in Maine: The patients, the politics, the future
Last year, 17 percent of all drug arrests in Maine were for marijuana and 4,279 people seeking treatment for drug addiction named marijuana as one of their problem drugs. Its negative effects on a person are influenced by the quantity and frequency of …
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