APNewsBreak: Astros prospect details drug struggle
And for the first time publicly, he's opening up about his battle with an addiction to marijuana and monthlong stay at a rehabilitation center. "At this point it's pretty evident to me that I'm a drug addict," he told The Associated Press over …
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Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story
Shortly after that she was busted for a DUI with marijuana in her car, failed out of Air Force technical school, and was sent to a mandatory drug treatment program. She is still in the Air Force. For how much …. A police report taken at Biloxi …
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Company proposes Darryl Strawberry center for drug and alcohol abuse
… for the substance abuse center with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The company opened the first Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center in Orlando in January and also operates mental health facilities in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.
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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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Drug, Alcohol Clinics Stay Open Despite Fraud, Report Finds
A dozen drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinics that recently have been found to have committed fraudulent billing practices under the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program remain open in Los Angeles County, according to an analysis by the Center for …
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Former baseball star to open drug treatment center
February 27. The Associated Press. ST. LOUIS — A Florida health care company wants to open a St. Louis County substance abuse rehabilitation center named for former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry.
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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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Vermont pushes for shorter drug treatment stays, relapse rate rises
Both men said the increases are the result of a rule put in place July 1 by the state Health Department that requires residential drug treatment centers, as a condition of payment, to get pre-approval for any patient stays that last longer that 15 days …
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Doctors have reached limit on prescribing medication for heroin withdrawals
So Beacon Center, a six-facility chain of alcoholism and substance abuse treatment centers, started a program using the opioid Suboxone at its Utica facility in January to address the shortage. It plans to start another program at its Herkimer facility …
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New magnetic treatment offers hope for depression
… a new but expensive treatment option may offer hope where everything else has failed. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is an outpatient procedure during which magnetic pulses are focused on a part of the brain that becomes sluggish during …
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