State: Drug Treatment Options Exist Despite Local Backlog
State: Drug treatment options exist despite local backlog
Department of Health statistics for Vermont show the breakdown of care for 9,401 clients who received substance abuse treatment in 2012. Substance abuse treatment covers alcohol, marijuana/hashish, heroin and other opiates, and other substances.
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Mercy substance abuse program helps 'Mommy be a better mommy'
Fasano, 39, of Portland, is now in the last months of a two-year treatment program at Mercy Hospital's McAuley Residence, a rare live-in substance abuse program designed specifically for women in which the women's children live with them. Fasano said …
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Court directs that teen who abused boy receive further treatment
The Central Criminal Court has directed that treatment continue for a 16-year-old boy who admitted engaging in a sexual act with another child. The court was told that when he was aged 12, the boy began sexually abusing a nine-year-old boy whom he had …
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