More rehab centers needed to curb drug abuse
The lack of facilities and oversight have prevented the delivery of effective drug rehabilitation programs inside prisons. Instead, the drug users are easily falling back into the bad habit or develop an ability to make drugs. On Aug. 6, Law and Human …
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Society is being destroyed by UK's drink and drug addictions, warns think-tank
The report also attacked a failure to offer heroin addicts effective treatment. A Freedom of Information inquiry found that 55% of councils in England have had funding for residential treatment cut since the Coalition came to power, despite arguments …
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'Diversion' Programs Send More to Treatment, Instead of Prison
After getting caught helping make counterfeit checks, David Ahrens escaped a six-month prison term by entering a yearlong "diversion" program that he said treated his drug-and-alcohol addiction. "Without a doubt, that is one of the best things that has …
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