Camden Planning Board recommends Select Board consider change for alcohol …
CAMDEN, Maine — The Camden Planning Board voted 4-1 Thursday night to recommend that the town's Select Board consider an amendment to the community's zoning ordinance to allow a high-end alcohol rehabilitation center to locate in a residential …
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New Beginnings CEO Outlines Five Ways to Help Teens Recovering From …
Johnny Patout, CEO of New Beginnings Adolescent Recovery Center, the leading teen residential treatment program in the Southwest and one recognized nationwide for teen rehabilitation, has outlined five things that parents and family members should …
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Ex-users help heroin addicts out of death spiral
Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, where many of the area's heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It's a facility funded by … Oriana provides drug and alcohol recovery treatment. The …
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Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013.
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Drug Rehab For Women Offers Alternatives to Drinking on NYE
Drug rehab for women treatment programs at Destination Hope: The Women's Program are designed to support women year-round, including the difficult period around New Year's Eve. The night of December 31st is associated with overindulgence and …
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De Blasio's daughter tells of substance abuse
She thought she could escape the problem by leaving for college in California, but her ''physical insecurity” grew worse. ''My mom was trying … De Blasio eventually found success in group therapy at a treatment center in New York. ''Removing …
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Judge to Chief Keef: 'It's getting ridiculous'
Chief Keef's lawyers told a Cook County judge today that the Chicago rapper is making good progress at a pricey drug rehabilitation center in California. Still, the judge was clearly losing patience with the multiple court dates and allegedly positive …
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Concerns are expressed about push to close drug rehabilitation facilities
OXFORD, Alabama — Terri Baker worries that Oxford's push to close all drug rehabilitation facilities operating in the city will hurt people who need help overcoming their addictions. Baker tells The Anniston Star (http://bit.ly/1biCMdU ) that she …
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A jail by another name – China labor camps now drug detox centers
Many of China's re-education through labor camps, instead of being abolished in line with a ruling Communist Party announcement this month, are being turned into compulsory drug rehabilitation centers where inmates can be incarcerated for two years or …
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VA official tours Vt. veterans' hospital
Sowers visited the inpatient substance abuse treatment area, where many of the patients are also suffering from PTSD, and other sections of the hospital focused on traditional medical care for veterans. He also spoke via a telemedicine hookup with a …
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Red Hook residents recoil from plans for pricey rehab center
Urban Recovery House, a for-profit drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation center, plans to open a 20,000-square-foot inpatient treatment facility on Beard Street in Red Hook, and local residents aren't happy. The area once had major issues with drugs, …
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