Nunavut struggles with lack of alcohol treatment options
Southern treatment not always culturally-sensitive. Nunavut's Chief Justice Robert Kilpatrick estimates about 90 per cent of crime in the territory is connected in some way to alcohol abuse. He and other judges send people out of the territory for …
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Thousands of Michigan residents to receive drug, alcohol addiction treatment …
LANSING, Michigan — Michigan health officials say they believe the state's substance abuse care system can handle the surge of people who will become eligible for treatment when the new federal health insurance system goes into effect next January.
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JANE COWAN, NORTH AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT: The traditional say no …
This is the US military's latest weapon to combat alcohol abuse in its ranks. ADAM DRIVER: He asked me, have … US MARINE II: I'm currently getting kicked out of the Marines Corps because of an incident that involved alcohol. US MARINE III: It went …
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