Bossier has rare substance abuse treatment center for pregnant women
A local drug treatment center is doing its part to get homeless families off the streets. The Bossier Treatment Center's Family Success Institute helps mothers stay off drugs, while still caring for their children. It's unique because it's one of few …
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Philadelphia Treatment Center Launches New Video Regarding Services for …
A Philadelphia treatment center is pleased to announce that a new video has been launched explaining more services available at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers for people in Philadelphia and surrounding cities. Drug detoxification is used to reduce or …
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Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment
Schertler indicated Radel was also planning on undergoing in-patient treatment in Florida, but neither man indicated how long the leave might last. “This team that I have in Washington and southwest Florida will be working every single day like they …
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Damian Thompson: 'Addiction is a messy and frightening reality'
The motion 'Addiction is not a Disease' received overwhelming support from a lively crowd at last night's Spectator debate. Despite … That addiction began to fade as working conditions improved, although “recreational” alcohol use was a route to bad …
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Phenomena:
Goldszmid and Trinchieri's team also tested a different cancer drug called oxaliplatin, which is used to treat cancers of the bowel, stomach and gullet. It works by damaging DNA, which supposedly prompts cancer cells to release a powderkeg of oxygen …
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Pressure for Trey Radel's resignation slowly mounting
Radel, 37, has not resigned — even though he pleaded guilty to a crime and even though court papers say he purchased cocaine regularly — and intends to keep his seat while he receives inpatient substance abuse treatment. In talking to reporters on …
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Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment
Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment. By Michael Doyle. McClatchy … Through his attorney, David Schertler, Radel told the judge that he had already begun out-patient counseling through a Washington, D.C …
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Rep. Trey Radel to take leave of absence, enter drug treatment
Radel spoke to reporters after returning home to southwest Florida, hours after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession. The 37-year-old first-term Republican from Florida said he will enter an inpatient drug treatment program. The cocaine …
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Rep. Trey Radel Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Posession, Will Enter Rehab In Florida
He will also enter an in-patient drug treatment program in his home state of Florida. Radel did not comment on whether he would resign from the House. According to court documents made public Tuesday night, Radel was caught in a federal sting operation.
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Trey Radel sentenced to probation, plans to enter rehab in Florida after …
Trey Radel exits a DC courtroom after guilty plea: Trey Radel pled guilty Wednesday morning to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession at a Washington DC Superior Court. Video courtesy of WINK NEWS …
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Heroin Summit: addiction doctor says managing addiction is 'indefinite'
CLEVELAND, Ohio — With heroin addiction, there's often a "revolving door" from addiction to detoxification to recovery to relapse, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steve Dettelbach said at Thursday's heroin summit. To break that cycle …
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Las Vegas moms talk about losing sons to heroin addiction
“It's a club we don't wish upon anyone,” said Laurie Tiso, whose son died in a drug treatment facility meant to save him from Heroin. “But we do take strength — we do lean on each other. We've suffered the same battle. Slightly different circumstances …
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Heroin addiction often starts with painkillers, parents told
Many of today's heroin addicts start their addiction with opiate-based painkillers, prescribed by doctors following sports injuries or auto crashes, said Bartlett Police Chief Kent Williams. With DuPage County's 38 heroin overdose deaths so far this …
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West Chester: No to drug treatment center
ADVERTISEMENT. WEST CHESTER TWP. — James Venters was shopping for a place to open a small residential drug treatment center, a facility he said is lacking for Medicaid recipients in Greater Cincinnati where heroin use has become epidemic.
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