Lafayette addiction treatment center dispensing anti-overdose kits
Launched during California Prescription Drug Awareness Month, the program allows qualifying individuals throughout the county to obtain kits for free or for a donation from the center. With training, a family member or friend with an overdose kit or …
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Riding for recovery
Pulley checked into Louie's House, a long-term recovery residence for men and owned by Carol Lind Mooney, daughter of the founders of Willingway Hospital, the alcohol and drug treatment facility in Statesboro. “I had finally been … After completing …
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County Moves to Regulate E-Cigarettes
San Francisco supervisors are considering an ordinance and Los Angeles recently passed restrictions that treat vapes like traditional cigarettes. More than 100 cities and counties in the nation—including 40 in California alone—have passed similar …
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Editorial | The terrible costs of drug addiction
And a recent $ 32 million settlement the state won with two drug companies has been a windfall for cash- and resource-strapped drug-treatment programs throughout Kentucky, including $ 1 million dedicated to treatment centers for pregnant addicts.
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Williston attorney pushes inpatient drug treatment
There are tools, mental tools, in treatment to get you out of drug addiction. You have to make the decision, 'I want to quit.'" The Northwest Human Service Center in Williston has an outpatient drug treatment program, but patients leave every day and …
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Jim Irsay checks into drug rehab treatment center
Facing criminal charges, including driving under the influence and four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is checking himself into a drug rehab treatment facility. Irsay was arrested Monday and …
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DSHS Chief: Legislature to blame for lack of drug treatment funding
The top human services official in the state, Sec. of DSHS, Kevin Quigley, authored a string of emails Thursday to defend his agency and put the blame squarely on the legislature for failing to adequately fund outpatient and detox drug treatment for …
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Man Headed To Rehab Disrupts JetBlue Flight
In fact, he was headed to Florida to check into a drug and alcohol treatment center. His on-board ruse was simply a bid to score some free booze. After downing three drinks, Koshinsky (pictured at right) became volatile and disruptive. As detailed in a …
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Time for a local drug treatment center or methadone clinic, say some officials
BENNINGTON — The time may be ripe for a drug treatment center to come to Bennington, according to a state senator and town leaders. "I think it's time for Bennington to start to work to have a methadone clinic, whether it be a mobile one that's here a …
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Local centers reaching limits on treating heroin addicts
Increased heroin use is a problem across New York State and a challenge for treatment sites like Beacon Center in Utica. Opiate addiction is very difficult to overcome and clinical supervisor Admina Spahic says many patients require medication like …
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Brooklyn's Community Board 6 in Red Hook gives OK to high-end rehab center
Community Board 6 OK'd a request by the Urban Recovery House, a for-profit rehab center, to open a luxury 30-bed inpatient treatment facility on an industrial stretch of Beard St. within the next two years. The vote, which was 24-9, enables the …
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The Clearing Offers Addiction Treatment Guarantee
Given the overall dismal success rates of the addiction treatment and rehab industry, it's no surprise that very few residential rehab treatment centers guarantee results.. we wanted to change that. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 18, 2014. The Clearing SPC …
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VIDEO: Recovering drug addicts and parents share painful lessons, hope
Roger Grant overdosed several times and went to nearly a dozen inpatient rehabilitation centers before his death. He used to say he wanted to travel to schools and warn kids about the dangers of drug use, his mom said. Now, she does it. "I'm here …
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