OKC Business Leaders, Residents Fight Proposed Rehab Center
Business leaders and residents are saying "not in my backyard" to a proposed drug rehabilitation center near downtown Oklahoma City. The Referral Center for Alcohol and Drug Services hopes to break ground at 1401 NW 1st Street for its second location.
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Marijuana – The US Green Rush
… allow for the drug's use through licensed dispensaries. Nine other States have pending legislation to legalize medicinal marijuana including: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York and Oklahoma …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
A groundbreaking report published last year by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University concluded that “the vast majority of people in need of addiction treatment do not receive anything that approximates …
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Alcohol and Chemical Treatment Center celebrates 40 years
OGDEN, Utah — Recovering from addiction is a difficult process, but places like the Alcohol and Chemical Treatment Center in Ogden, which is celebrating its 40th year in service, are there to help people conquer their addictions. More than 30 years …
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McLean Hospital looks to Camden's Fox Hill for alcohol, drug rehab center
(8) Residential treatment facilities for comprehensive alcohol and related drug treatment programs providing concurrent treatment for addiction and/or other associated psychiatric disorders Such residential treatment facilities shall contain a minimum …
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Agencies targeting drug, alcohol abuse
“In order to ensure New Hampshire remains one of the nation's healthiest and safest states, we must prevent and treat alcohol and other drug misuse more effectively,” reads a statement from Hassan. “The Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse …
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Alcohol counseling may aid domestic abuse therapy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For heavy drinkers in treatment for domestic violence problems, an extra therapy session targeting alcohol abuse may help to speed overall improvement in violent behavior, according to a new study. Alcohol can lower …
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Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug
Washington Federal regulators have relaxed restrictions on physicians prescribing the opioid addiction treatment drug buprenorphine to patients. The rule change offers doctors and opioid treatment programs greater flexibility when dispensing …
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Editorial: Addiction Intervention and Treatment Work
Because negatively influencing factors are removed from a patient's daily experience, participants in residential treatment programs can begin to work on building life skills that had been interfered with due to addiction. Because of this intensive …
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Effective Addiction Treatment
According to recent examinations of treatment programs, most are rooted in outdated methods rather than newer approaches shown in scientific studies to be more effective in helping people achieve and maintain addiction-free lives. People typically do …
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Alcohol counseling may aid domestic abuse therapy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For heavy drinkers in treatment for domestic violence problems, an extra therapy session targeting alcohol abuse may help to speed overall improvement in violent behavior, according to a new study. Alcohol can lower …
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Alcohol abuse bill makes way through Arizona Legislature
The bill calls for the pilot program fund to draw money from the existing state liquor luxury taxes, a percentage of which are already designated for alcohol and drug addiction treatment and prevention. "What this does is allow them, the cities and …
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Outside Box, Federal Judges Offer Addicts a Free Path
Federal judges around the country are teaming up with prosecutors to create special treatment programs for drug-addicted defendants who would otherwise face significant prison time, an effort intended to sidestep drug laws widely seen as inflexible and …
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Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug
Washington Federal regulators have relaxed restrictions on physicians prescribing the opioid addiction treatment drug buprenorphine to patients. The rule change offers doctors and opioid treatment programs greater flexibility when dispensing …
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Editorial: Addiction Intervention and Treatment Work
I am frequently asked what treatment programs are the most effective, and then comes the question: “Is it true drug and alcohol treatment programs don't work?” That kind of question is often a form of an excuse from the active addict who is in denial …
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