New Substance Abuse Center Opens on Florida's Gulf Coast
The Gabel Center, a private substance abuse treatment facility located in Fort Myers Beach, opened its doors this week, bringing high-quality, private treatment for substance abuse and trauma to the Southwest Florida area. Located on Estero Boulevard …
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Cambodia: Drug Centers Detain, Abuse 'Undesirables'
The 55-page report, “'They Treat Us Like Animals': Mistreatment of Drug Users and 'Undesirables' in Cambodia's Drug Detention Centers,” documents the experiences of people recently confined in the centers, who described being thrashed with rubber …
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Drinking Treatment Center Expands Facilities
Alternatives, a unique outpatient treatment facility near Beverly Hills that specializes in the treatment of alcohol problems and compulsive habits, announced in November that it has expanded its facilities to four times its original size and has added …
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Obamacare: A 'stay out of jail free' card?
(CNN) — Mercedes Smith walked out of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after 20 years, hoping to become a productive member of society. Shortly after she was released in June 2010, Smith found a part-time job. …. A study done in the early 1990s …
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Lamya Hampton, 7-Month Old Chicago Baby, Found Dead In Car Seat Left …
The officer allegedly observed blood on the center console and fresh injection marks on Warburton's arms. Warburton … Sabrina Howard. Howard's addiction to morphine drove her son to commit suicide, because he lived in fear that she would overdose …
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Saint Jude Retreats Announces Chairman Mark Scheeren's Recent Radio …
The Saint Jude Retreats is a non-disease, non-treatment based drug and alcohol program implementing proprietary methodology called Cognitive Behavioral Education (CBE). The program is the only effective alternative to alcohol rehab and drug treatment …
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Family of Drugs For Treating Childhood Tumor Recognized Through Gene …
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center A collaborative effort between St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Fred Hutchinson …
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Boston Scientific's Watchman Device Gains US Advisers' Backing
The benefits outweigh risks associated with the surgical procedure to implant the device, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 13-1 yesterday during a meeting in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Boston Scientific is seeking approval of Watchman to …
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Millions for increased mental illness therapy, substance abuse
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. government is allocating $ 50 million to help Community Health Centers establish or expand therapy for mental illness and drug and alcohol problems. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it …
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Santa Cruz County shows off new mental health center
SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County showed off its new $ 14.5 million behavioral health center on Wednesday, giving local health officials and politicians a tour of a dormitory-style treatment center meant to be a place of comfort for those suffering …
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California Rehab Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Pad Client Lists
“The first one don't go nowhere.” That's why Thomas cherished the days when vans would pull up to take her and other residents to drug and alcohol rehab. Thomas didn't go for the therapy. She said she's been drug-free for a couple of years. She went …
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Rehab Racket: Clinics Recruit Group Home Residents to Fill Client Lists
“The first one don't go nowhere.” That's why Thomas cherished the days when vans would pull up to take her and other residents to drug and alcohol rehab. Thomas didn't go for the therapy. She said she's been drug-free for a couple of years. She went …
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