Will the Great US Penal Reform Tip the Balance for Addicts?
Such alternative programs would ideally feature addiction treatment, as 60 percent of the nation's inmate population has substance abuse problems, according to a California Mental Health Planning Council study of re-alignment. Those numbers likely …
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Cory Monteith: Why Didn't Rehab Work?
… that the immediate period after rehab is one of tremendous vulnerability. "Newly sober people are more fragile than before they became addicts," says Bob Forrest, a California-based certified drug and alcohol counselor. … "Most people have a …
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Marijuana in Maine: The patients, the politics, the future
Last year, 17 percent of all drug arrests in Maine were for marijuana and 4,279 people seeking treatment for drug addiction named marijuana as one of their problem drugs. Its negative effects on a person are influenced by the quantity and frequency of …
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