Secretary: Paying for drug treatment is worth the investment
A long-time heroin user might need four to six months of inpatient treatment, followed by intensive outpatient services to rebuild their lives, Gary Tennis, Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, told a gathering of …
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County Considers Expanding Drug Treatment Programs
In September, a Superior Court judge told the county it has to expand residential treatment centers to accommodate defendants released under AB 109, a law that orders counties to free non-violent and non-sexual offenders to ease prison overcrowding. On …
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Sex addiction: An 'excuse' or a legitimate illness?
And that's spawning a massive industry of fancy 28 day inpatient treatment centers like Woods went to and can cost upwards of $ 1,000 a day. Christian retreats are … But self-admitted sex addicts say their addiction, just like alcohol or drugs is real …
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