Treating alcoholism with alcohol? Absurd harm reduction strategy has worked …
But now it seems they have gone one bridge too far, combating alcoholism by giving addicts alcohol. It is a bizarre and controversial strategy that flies in the face of the Canadian government's own drug treatment policy stance and seems to defy common …
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Northampton County Council approves audit of prison treatment program for …
Council this week tasked the county controller with investigating recidivism rates, spending and accreditation at the county's Community Education Centers, which offer alcohol abuse treatment and parenting classes at the West Easton Treatment Center …
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Program's end reopens debate on clean needles for drug users
Each day, dozens of drug addicts file into New Leaf Treatment Center hoping for a respite from their cravings. Gantt Galloway hopes to buy time for their recovery. A pharmacist and noted researcher, Galloway founded a drug treatment center in Lafayette.
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Families struggle with crisis after crisis when a loved one is addicted
Their stories share more than a few common threads – a once-wholesome child stealing and manipulating to get money for drugs, repeat stints at short-term drug treatment centers followed by near-immediate relapse, overdoses, and, all-too-often, the …
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Drug recovery a 'sink or swim' struggle for South Jersey addicts, families …
In-patient rehabilitation centers are also hard to find, and Thompson finds himself regularly sending clients to North Jersey or out of state entirely for clinical services. Finding in-patient facilities for individuals without health insurance or …
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Three Willard parole officers charged with falsifying time sheets
Three state parole officers assigned to Seneca County's Willard Drug Treatment Center have been charged with felonies for allegedly filing false time sheets. Waterloo-based state police on Saturday said the arrests are the result of a joint …
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Family Advocate Highlights UMB's Black History Month Event
The keynote speaker was Joseph T. Jones Jr., president and founder of the Center for Urban Families (CFUF), a West Baltimore organization that seeks to halt family disintegration in part by offering a fresh start to absentee fathers. Jones admittedly …
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Strawberry wants to help others with new center
The new center joins one already open in Texas, and the couple plans to open a third facility close to where they reside in St. Louis later this year. It offers a 28-day residential treatment program that can treat up to 60 patients at a time for …
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Hey, SAWS, there you go again sucking region dry
SAN ANTONIO — Will the San Antonio Water System ever develop major new alternative water supplies before it severely depletes the Edwards Aquifer during a major drought? Through its treatment centers, SAWS discharges about 132,000 acre-feet of …
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Mercy to add million behavioral unit
The $ 21 million facility not only will allow the health system to consolidate its mental health services under one roof but it also will increase treatment options, including alcohol and drug addiction services. Patients will not have to travel for …
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The Holistic Sanctuary Is Rescuing Addicts Victimized By Conventional Drug …
these are words being used by patients undergoing permanent, positive life-changing treatments at The Holistic Sanctuary to describe their experience in conventional 12-step rehab programs. Many arrive at the center 'on their last legs' as a result of …
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