Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol–treatment center …
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
The stereotypes about addiction — that somehow only lazy or weak-minded people grapple with substance abuse — can drive a man crazy. “I drank the way I do everything — to the extreme. That's how I do work, sports, everything,” said a 50-year-old …
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NGO fighting teen drug abuse could fold
Al Sam, which has been operating in Israel for more than 30 years to reduce drug use and alcohol abuse among teenagers and young adults, provides the individuals concerned and their families with professional treatment. The association also run a …
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Parents need to stay involved to keep down teen substance abuse
Although there is no failproof way to keep your children off drugs, early action by parents and involvement in the community can help curb substance abuse. According to the Treatment Research Institute, the first step in keeping children off drugs is …
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Survey of Teen Drug Use Released
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released its revised 2012 survey, "Monitoring the Future," which questioned 46,733 students in the 8th, 10th and 12th grades about their drug use. For the first time, the survey also includes "bath salts," a …
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Principal, study look at teen drug use among Souderton Area students
Principal, study look at teen drug use among Souderton Area students. Published: Saturday, December 22, 2012. By Meghan Ross [email protected]. Editor's note: This is the third of four articles looking at the issue of drugs in the Indian Valley …
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'Recover to Live': A guide to treating addictions yourself
… with an addiction ever receive treatment. christopher kennedy knows the struggles of this all too well, has been in recovery for more than 20 years and is author of the new book "recover to live" and he joins us with his cousin, patrick kennedy …
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Treatment options for tackling addiction can vary from hours to months
There are many types, including once-a-week sessions with substance-abuse professionals, treatments with medicines such as methadone or Suboxone, and residential programs with stays ranging from fewer than 30 days to more than a year. Experts say …
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How to beat your demons, literally: Siberian psychologists thrash patients …
The painful treatment, which involves lashing addicts on the buttocks, could help cure drug-users such as Pete Doherty or anyone who has failed with other methods, its practitioners claim. However, 'the reaction of most people is predictable: to …
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Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol-treatment center …
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Jail tapped for drug treatment program
The Henderson County Detention Center is one of three jails across the state that have been picked to house a new substance abuse program, which should help stabilize the local jail's finances, according to Judge-executive Hugh McCormick. The program …
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Ethnicity Influences Successful Completion of Rehab
A new study discovers that black and Hispanic individuals are less likely to complete an alcohol rehab program than whites. In the study, reported in the journal Health Affairs, roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded …
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Man ordered into drug rehab after stealing from Palmyra home
A 36-year-old man was ordered into a drug-rehabilitation program Wednesday for stealing jewelry, power tools and a checkbook from a Palmyra home in April. Jermaine McCutchen pleaded guilty to theft by unlawful taking, criminal solicitation, criminal …
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Narconon Drug Rehab Lawsuit – Victim Tortured and Abused
Another Scientology drug rehab center, Narconon Fresh Start in Nevada (Rainbow Canyon Retreat), is facing a lawsuit concerning a 15-year-old who was bullied, abused and branded with a hot iron. This disturbing story broke this morning on Tony Ortega's …
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Peorian expands personal battle of staying off drugs to cleaning up South …
"It's a very miserable life to do drugs, living hell," she said. "Your home, there is no home. You live on the edge every day." Harris took a bus to Central Illinois Center for the Treatment of Addictions. She crawled through the door, and spent the …
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"My Kind Of Town Sacramento Is"
I first came to this beautiful city in 1989, from the north suburbs of Illinois on two semi trucks, and a car. … The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is a six-month program built on a model designed to help transition individuals into a …
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Prosecuting a war against heroin
His father was a drug user who got clean in the late 1960s and became a counselor and executive at the Gateway Foundation, one of the largest addiction treatment centers in Illinois. Yet even they didn't fully recognize their son's teenage substance abuse.
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Hospital to build women's rehab facility locally
An Indianapolis substance abuse rehabilitation hospital has selected a Shelbyville location for a new women's facility for drug and alcohol addiction treatment. Fairbanks Hospital Inc., a nonprofit treatment center founded in 1945, offers family-based …
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The Importance of Alcohol Rehab Centers
The main goal of any alcohol rehab center is to help a person fully overcome his addiction for alcohol and inculcate a positive change in his behavior that will help him to fight situation that are likely to provoke him to drink. It is the expert team …
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million hospital continues legacy of late Sioux City couple
They created Gordon Chemical Dependency Center, the first alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility for young people in Iowa. Almost 40 years later, the mission is taking a major step forward. Construction is scheduled to start this spring on the …
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