Stasiewicz Alcohol Treatment Strategies
“The study will offer valuable insights for the treatment community to help tailor their methods so as to make programs more efficient for people who reduce their drinking prior to treatment and more effective for those who do not,” Stasiewicz says …
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Tennessee Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Agrees to Resolve False Claims …
“Medicaid patients who enter residential treatment programs for alcohol and drug addiction deserve to have treatment provided by qualified personnel according to the appropriate standard of care,” said Assistant Attorney General for the Justice …
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UB researchers granted .7M to study alcohol treatment
Stasiewicz said the study should offer valuable insights for the treatment community, helping them tailor methods to make programs more efficient for people who reduce their drinking prior to treatment, and more effective for those who do not. “It …
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US Attorney's Office Indicts Burke Co. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, Its …
ASHEVILLE, NC—A Burke County drug and alcohol treatment center, its owner, and two of its employees have been indicted on False Claims Act conspiracy and bribery charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North …
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Saint Jude Retreats Launches Alcohol Addiction Awareness Videos
The newest video creation entitled "Stop Labeling & Start Living" represents the damaging labels that alcohol and drug treatment programs can project on substances users. Many of these programs support the substance user referring to themselves as an …
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New Treatment Techniques Are Helping Patients at Alcohol Treatment Boca Raton
Because long term opiate abusers need special attention while detoxing, the pain treatment center at Alcohol Treatment Boca Raton features a medical staff alongside the committed addiction therapists. “Alcohol Treatment Boca Raton has created a place …
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I would also agree that DARE is a failure…but that doesn't mean that a more thoughtfully-run program can't be a success. Education has had a positive impact on smoking rates and alcohol use (to a lesser extent). I work with an addiction treatment …
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'Mandatory minimum' sentences to end for many drug offenders
The department is also looking into new ways to identify drug offenders who can be sent to drug treatment or required to do community service as an alternative to prison. "Clearly, these strategies can work," Holder's speech says, citing recent efforts …
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US Attorney's Office Indicts Burke Co. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center, Its …
ASHEVILLE, NC—A Burke County drug and alcohol treatment center, its owner, and two of its employees have been indicted on False Claims Act conspiracy and bribery charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North …
Read more on Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)

News from the courts
He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft. He was sentenced to 18 weeks, suspended for 12 months. He will be supervised by the probation service for a year, must comply with a drug rehabilitation requirement and pay £20 compensation. A 45-YEAR-OLD …
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