Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
The stereotypes about addiction — that somehow only lazy or weak-minded people grapple with substance abuse — can drive a man crazy. “I drank the way I do everything — to the extreme. That's how I do work, sports, everything,” said a 50-year-old …
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Riley Regan, Pioneer and Advocate in Alcoholism and Drug Treatment
For more than 20 years he was on the faculty of the Rutgers University Center for Alcohol Studies and taught at numerous colleges and universities throughout the country on alcoholism and drug abuse topics. Earlier in his career, he served as Deputy …
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Modesto zoning board OKs Nirvana treatment center
MODESTO — The city's Board of Zoning Adjustment has approved a drug and alcohol treatment center's request to operate a facility in the 800 block of Maze Boulevard, across the street from Franklin Elementary School in west Modesto. The Nirvana Drug …
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