Budget cuts target residential addiction treatment centers
Budget cuts in residential substance abuse treatment would cost the state more over the long term, according to mental health professionals and addicts. A legislative subcommittee has proposed a $ 2.04 million reduction to inpatient programs that treat …
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State Shuts Down San Jose Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
A drug and alcohol rehab facility in San Jose was shut down by the state Wednesday, forcing clients to seek treatment elsewhere. Marianne Favro reports. State Shuts Down San Jose Drug and Alcohol… Link; Embed; Email. Copy. Close. Link to this video.
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Mountainside Treatment Center Celebrates Its 16th Anniversary
Since its opening in 1998, Mountainside Treatment Center in Canaan, CT has been nationally-recognized as one of the leading providers of clinically-effective drug and alcohol addiction treatment in the country. On February 26, 2014, the rehabilitation …
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Lawmakers push for drug abuse treatment, recovery funding
ALBANY — A growing problem that's getting a lot of attention. We're talking … Between heroin and prescription drugs, the state association of alcoholism and substance abuse providers says more people die now from overdoses than motor vehicle crashes.
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Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those around them. The following self-assessment tests can help you determine whether or not …
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APNewsBreak: Astros prospect details drug struggle
And for the first time publicly, he's opening up about his battle with an addiction to marijuana and monthlong stay at a rehabilitation center. "At this point it's pretty evident to me that I'm a drug addict," he told The Associated Press over …
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Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story
Shortly after that she was busted for a DUI with marijuana in her car, failed out of Air Force technical school, and was sent to a mandatory drug treatment program. She is still in the Air Force. For how much …. A police report taken at Biloxi …
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Company proposes Darryl Strawberry center for drug and alcohol abuse
… for the substance abuse center with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The company opened the first Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center in Orlando in January and also operates mental health facilities in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.
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Drug clinic offers employees high life with million in shady spending
The audit knocked the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for ineffective monitoring of how the treatment center — Samaritan Village — spends its money. The agency “needs to improve its oversight of how contractors are using …
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Alcoholics Brew Their Own Beer And Wine At the Portland Hotel Society's …
"It's consistent with a range of harm reduction programs that are currently happening in Canada for this population who have usually failed at traditional abstinence treatment over and over again, present huge problems in emergency departments, for …
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HPMH: New substance abuse treatment department kicks off today
The agency, which serves 20 counties in northwest Kansas, has announced services to treat individuals and their families suffering from substance abuse disorders. According to HPMH outpatient therapist Jennifer Colby, licensed specialist in clinical …
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Former baseball star Strawberry looks to open drug and alcohol treatment …
ST. LOUIS — A Florida health care company wants to open a St. Louis County substance abuse rehabilitation center named for former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry. The 51-year-old Strawberry played for the New York Mets and New York …
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