Helping Other Struggling With Addictions
Helping Other Struggling with Addictions
More than 4000 people seek treatment for alcohol or drug addictions each year in North Dakota. In each one of those cases, 30 other people are affected. But there are ways to help those struggling to get clean. Rehab Services Inc. in Minot is looking …
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'He made the tragic decision to take his own life': Youngest son, 31, of …
Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's 31-year-old son, Jeffrey, – who struggled with drug and alcohol addiction – committed suicide at a Mexico City hotel this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Jeffrey Corzine had been living …
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Former Patient Sues St. Helena Hospital Over Alleged Privacy Breach
Former patient sues St. Helena Hospital over alleged privacy breach
In April last year, John Doe contacted the director of nurses at St. Helena Center for Behavioral Health in Vallejo to discuss a job opening. The director, Nancy Aldridge, agreed to hire him, then two days after the interview, the offer was rescinded …
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Another Voice: Planned closing of Children's Psychiatric Center is a dangerous …
Relocating at-risk kids from a safe secure environment to an adult facility is punishment, not treatment. It is just setting them up for a lifetime of institutions … And these sites should be upgraded and improved as we learn more about brain and …
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Most Alcohol-Linked Deaths Occur Among Working-Age Adults: CDC
Most Alcohol-Linked Deaths Occur Among Working-Age Adults: CDC
The United States also needs to confront the stigma it has regarding addiction, Kean said. Only 11 percent of people with an addictive disorder get treatment, compared with 77 percent of people with high blood pressure and 73 percent of people with …
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Collegiate Recovery Community safe haven for students with addictions
Alcohol. The Community Recovery Community is a program where students who have had addiction problems can find peer and staff support on campus to prevent their likelihood of relapsing. … of health promotion and the John Fontaine, Jr. Center for …
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Backs Calls for Reduced Drug Sentences
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder backs calls for reduced drug sentences
The initiative focuses on crime diversion programs, as well as more advanced drug and veteran courts, as well as attempting to draft new criminal charges for low-level drug offenders that do not trigger mandatory federal prison sentences – which clog …
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In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
The state's 2013 fiscal year budget for its overall Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment program is $ 29 million. Last month, Shumlin approved an additional $ 200,000. The governor signed that budget adjustment bill at the Howard Center in South Burlington, …
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Long Term Drug Treatment
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Treatment deficit
Drug treatment is a wise investment not only in reducing long-term health-care costs and improving people's productivity, but also in lowering the enormous costs of crime and violence associated with drug abuse. Treating the disease of addiction is the …
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Busy day in Common Pleas Court
Carroll was also given a 90-day jail sentence plus another 30-day jail term. He must also perform 200 hours of community service, have no conduct with the victim in the case, complete a psycho-sexual assessment and treatment program, and pay fees and …
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Budget Cuts Target Residential Addiction Treatment Centers
Budget cuts target residential addiction treatment centers
A legislative subcommittee has proposed a $ 2.04 million reduction to inpatient programs that treat alcohol and drug abuse. The House Finance Committee has been taking testimony this week on the state operating budget. Members were told the result would …
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Zoning board nixes drug treatment center at former Marian site
The city zoning board voted 3-1 on Wednesday night to reject a request by Just Believe Recovery Center (JBRC) for a variance to open a treatment center for drug and alcohol abuse at the former Marian Community Hospital. email · print. By Tom Flannery
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