Oregon finds efforts to treat drug addicts paying off
And Oregonians are much more likely to receive intensive treatment; for example, 10 percent of treatment admissions were to long-term, residential facilities, compared with 1.1 percent in Kentucky. Drug overdose death rates in 2008, the most recent …
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Shortage of mental-health professionals makes getting treatment more difficult
Aimed at shortening that wait is Amberwing, a new intensive mental-health treatment center for ages 0 to 25 in a building that seems more like a north woods lodge than a health facility. It's off Rice Lake Road not far from Marshall School, and it has …
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BOOKED: Prison Operator Sets Date To Become a REIT
GEO's worldwide operations include 20,000 employees, 109 correctional, detention and residential treatment facilities, including projects under development, and 75,000 owned and/or managed beds. The jailer brought in nearly $ 1.6 billion in revenue last …
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