EDITORIAL: Drug treatment program's growth good development
Vanderburgh County's courts, always a leader in providing drug treatment programs that ease the burden on prisons and jails and help many addicts return to productive lives, is about to step up the pace. Courier & Press staff writer … Currently the …
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Minneapolis-based drug treatment program fined
Minnesota regulators have disciplined a Minneapolis chemical dependency treatment provider they say violated policies regarding the use of methadone in treating opiate addiction. Specialized Treatment Services, which applied for a license to operate a …
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Bernalillo County Halts Methadone Drug Treatment Program
The decision to end the methadone program at MDC comes three months after New Mexico's own Medicaid program joined 30 other states that recognize methadone as an effective treatment for heroin addiction and authorized re-payment for outpatient …
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Brazil's Drug Epidemic: Welcome To 'Crackland'
President Dilma Rousseff responded with a $ 2 billion drug prevention and treatment program. In Sao Paulo, addicts are urged to seek help at Psychosocial Attention Centers – 80 clinics where addicts can receive a bed for the night. A man smokes crack …
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