Three Willard parole officers charged with falsifying time sheets
Three state parole officers assigned to Seneca County's Willard Drug Treatment Center have been charged with felonies for allegedly filing false time sheets. Waterloo-based state police on Saturday said the arrests are the result of a joint …
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Family Advocate Highlights UMB's Black History Month Event
The keynote speaker was Joseph T. Jones Jr., president and founder of the Center for Urban Families (CFUF), a West Baltimore organization that seeks to halt family disintegration in part by offering a fresh start to absentee fathers. Jones admittedly …
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Ashtabula County gets funding for residential drug treatment program
Ultimately the offenders will have to enter into the residential treatment program rather than go to prison, Kaiser said. “These funds are for treatment for these offenders to reduce our prison population,” he said. Text Only. Copyright 2014 The Star …
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For vets, rehab rather than prison
Taucher completed a new program that offers veterans struggling with substance abuse a chance at rehabilitation rather than prison. Along with four other veterans, Taucher stood before magistrate Judge Michael Urbanksi in a Veterans Court in Roanoke, …
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Pike County expanding jail's drug rehab program
Officials in eastern Kentucky are moving forward with a project to expand drug rehabilitation at the Pike County jail. Officials told the Appalachian News-Express (http://bit.ly/McThAe) that the initiative to turn part of the former Pike County Hall of …
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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Med Center Earns Cancer Care Honors
In the past, Kaiser Permanente's clinical trials in Northern California have shown the effectiveness of life-saving drugs like Herceptin for breast cancer and Avastin for colon cancer. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has awarded KP Northern …
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Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down Arrested: Report
He also was ordered to enroll in impairment and victim impact programs within a month. Harrell was convicted of DUI after … Last spring, Harrell checked himself into a drug treatment facility after bonding out of a Nashville jail. Harrell was accused …
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Frank Denton: Melissa Ann Jernigan the face of a broken system
A 2010 study by the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs' Association estimated that 40 percent of the seriously mentally ill have been in jail or prison at least once in their lives. Florida has almost five times more seriously mentally …
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Another View: A class war
A week at a state drug treatment center costs $ 123. Our less than compassionate conservatives can't get this in … The then congressman was under the impression that with some inpatient treatment and prayer, he would become “a better man for southwest …
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Woman fights homelessness and addiction with the help of Trenton Rescue …
Her ex-husband suggested a Christian women's recovery center in Georgia. With not much else to lose, Wile left New Jersey in July 2012 for a three-month experience she describes as “the best thing I ever did,” she said. “I am a woman of faith. I just …
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Marijuana: Making a case against legalization
Addiction treatment specialists, when asked, will explain that, of the many sad drug addiction stories they've heard, virtually all include marijuana as one of the first drugs used. Over time, marijuana use impairs short-term memory, attention …
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Ex-addict relates road to recovery
Counselors, court officers and health-care workers filled a conference room Friday morning at Medina Hospital for a presentation on drugs and addiction. China Darrington, a former drug addict, talks about … Darrington said that's because heroin and …
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Which Drug is Your State Most Addicted to? America's Drug Problem, Mapped
Alabama: Marijuana is the most commonly cited drug among primary drug treatment admissions in Alabama, followed by cocaine and other opiates including prescription drugs. – Alaska: In 2010, marijuana is the most commonly cited drug among primary …
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Washington County Law Enforcement Hope To Raise Community Awareness Of …
Jordan said he's working with the sheriff's office to develop and expand opioid and prescription-drug addiction treatment programs for those beyond the felony level to the user-realm. Jordan said the agencies are seeking ways to prevent the problem …
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The Low Down: Berkeley council on parks funding, 2014 elections, youth on …
In a separate item, council is also scheduled to discuss programs it may wish to consider funding through a revenue measure — or measures — on the November 2014 ballot. A community survey related to those programs is projected to cost $ 29,000. A …
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