Substance-abuse treatment program goals bring Republican Chris Christie …
"You don't treat a disease by locking someone in a cell,” said Christie, who, as governor, has expanded state funding for drug treatment programs and drug courts. "I want to be able to give everyone a second chance," the governor said. "Every life is a …
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State senators urged to provide funds for alcohol, drug treatment
CONCORD – Alcohol and drug abuse prevention advocates have come up with a unique way to reach out directly to their state senators to ask for more funding for treatment and prevention programs. Each state senator has begun receiving video postcards …
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A Drug Rehab Facility's Unconventional Approach to Drug and Alcohol Treatment
A Drug Rehab Facility's Unconventional Approach to Drug and Alcohol Treatment. Recovery Associates is a drug and alcohol treatment center known for its innovative programs and progressive treatment methods. Recently, they have begun renting out …
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Lindsay Lohan's 'rehab' center is unlicensed, state official says
"If a 24-hour residential facility is providing treatment or services to promote the recovery of alcohol and drug abuse then they must possess a license," deputy director for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs Millicent Tidwell said …
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Suspected robber tracked to drug rehab facility
Spokane County Sheriff's Office deputies tracked a suspected robber on a bicycle back to a Spokane Valley drug rehab facility on Saturday. An employee at Divine's Gas Station near Pines Road and Mission Avenue told deputies a man stabbed him in the …
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Hawkins judge wants all drug treatment providers working as a team
The vast majority of crimes prosecuted in Hawkins County courts have drugs and/or alcohol at their core. The purpose of Recovery Court is to give defendants an opportunity to stay out of jail by entering a rehab facility or attending drug counseling …
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State senators urged to provide funds for alcohol, drug treatment
In 2001, the Legislature established the Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund, which was meant to steadily fund alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services. Administered by the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and …
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The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab to Participate in UKESAD …
Alastair Mordey, the Programme Director of the Cabin Chiang Mai drug and alcohol rehab in Thailand will be joining over 60 of the world's top addiction treatment specialists at the UK/European Symposium on Addictive Disorders (UKESAD) – the UK's …
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Supervisors fund jail drug rehabilitation program
A drug-rehabilitation program for Prince William County Jail inmates -– as well as a recreational travel program for county seniors — will remain funded next year as a result of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors' Tuesday decision to amend …
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Best Drug Rehabilitation CEO Per Wickstrom Helps Launch Program to Uplift …
Per Wickstrom, the CEO of holistic treatment facilities including Best Drug Rehabilitation, has joined forces with BALANCE Edutainment to launch the innovative “Imagination Heals” program, which provides educational and entertaining programming to …
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Substance-abuse treatment program goals bring Republican Chris Christie …
"You don't treat a disease by locking someone in a cell,” said Christie, who, as governor, has expanded state funding for drug treatment programs and drug courts. "I want to be able to give everyone a second chance," the governor said. "Every life is a …
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Antwerp man faces up to 3 years in prison for violating court order
Judge Kim H. Martusewicz will mandate that Mr. Doyle serve his sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If inmates complete the 90-day program, they serve the remainder of their sentence under parole supervision. Mr. Doyle served …
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Schenectady woman given prison term for Drug Court violation
Judge Kim H. Martusewicz will mandate that he serve the sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If an inmate completes the 90-day program, he serves the remainder of his sentence under parole supervision. Joshua C. Cage, 33, …
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Substance Abuse Treatment Center Goes Beyond Court-Mandated Classes
This last October, Urzua was ordered through probation to go through substance abuse treatment classes. She came to Coast Valley Substance Abuse Treatment Center. She got clean and 7 months later she still comes to the center 5 times a week as a client …
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New Found Life of Delray Beach Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Delray …
New Found Life Substance Abuse Treatment Center. (PRWEB) April 30, 2013. New Found Life of Delray Beach Substance Abuse Treatment Center announces the addition of a new 3,000 square foot facility because of rapid expansion and growing demand.
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Fewer funds force drug treatment centers to close
They've been helping drug addicts in Hawaii for nearly 20 years. But because of a cut in government funds, the Big Island Substance Abuse Council is closing most of its facilities, including its only on Oahu. The real story is more people are asking …
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