Fairfield, OH Alcohol Drug Rehab Announces New Residential Treatment Program
Fairfield, OH Alcohol Drug Rehab is pleased to announce that a new residential treatment program for adults and adolescents dealing with drug addiction is now available in Fairfield and nearby towns. Drug addicts are adults and adolescents who have …
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Alcoholism rehab leader forays into B opium addiction treatment market
Emry told Fox that Naltrexone is equally if not more effective in combating opioid addiction which includes heroin addiction. BioCorRx, Inc. is a leader in addiction treatment and rehabilitation programs across the country. The California company's …
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Treatment vs. Punishment: Poll Finds Americans Prefer Rehab Over Jail For …
Attitudes toward drug crime may be changing. Two-thirds of Americans would like to see illegal drug offenders enter programs that focus on rehabilitation rather than incarceration, a recent Pew Research Center poll reported. The poll conducted …
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Drug treatment programs would take hit if Illinois income tax increase expires
Recovery Resources Interim Executive Director Rick Goughnour says as the need for drug and alcohol treatment increases, the state money they receive is going down. "Our current budget we receive approximately 65 percent from state funding and we have …
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How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
That's even worse than what another nonprofit found a decade ago, when it conducted a national study of 144 “highly regarded” teen treatment programs. Each program in that study—conducted by Mathea Falco's Drug Strategies, a DC-based nonprofit that …
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Bill to help improve drug and alcohol treatment for inmates signed into law
The new law (A-2295) would ensure that incarcerated individuals who participate in and complete drug treatment programs that meet or substantially meet requirements for licensure as residential programs are not denied eligibility for general public …
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Bangor area law enforcement leaders tell business group drug abuse is driving …
Hathaway, Brewer Police Chief Perry Antone and Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross spoke about how drug use is driving crime in the region, and about the importance of early education and drug treatment programs. “It amounts to: Virtually everything …
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Street drug ketamine could be used to treat depression
“There have been a lot of question marks about why people are using an illicit drug to treat depression,” Holbert said. The drug doesn't offer promising long-term treatment, but it can help with immediate symptoms such as suicidal thoughts, he said.
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Florida Weighs Easing Mandatory Minimums In Drug Cases
TALLAHASSEE — Having seven hydrocodone painkillers on you without a valid prescription can land you in prison with a mandatory three-year sentence. Tough state laws treat drug abusers the same as traffickers, so nonviolent addicts often end up behind …
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00-a-day hepatitis C drug approved to treat prison inmates in Illinois
The local newspaper reports Sovaldi will cost state taxpayers $ 61 million if only one third of prisoners with hepatitis C receive the drug, compared with current treatment costs of $ 8 million. John Maki of the John Howard Association, a prison watchdog …
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Tollgate Center in Litchfield proposed as site for drug treatment facility
It will be an adolescent only, private pay, private placement, residential treatment center for education, mental health and sobriety. It will host about 18 to 29 teenagers per month with a license for up to 24 beds. The property owners James Foy and …
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Attorney pushes inpatient drug treatment in oil patch hub Williston
"We need an inpatient facility. The person would be monitored 24/7." Mercy Medical Center President Matt Grimshaw said the facility has no plans to open a drug treatment facility. But Judge Robin Schmidt said she hopes to start a drug court program …
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Dallas TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Expansion of Residential Treatment …
Dallas TX Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching an expansion of its residential treatment services for people looking to stop their drug abuse problems in Dallas. Entering a residential treatment facility can seem scary and intimidating for a practicing drug …
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