Drug treatment centres give more abuse than therapy
Scattered across Cambodia are eight "drug treatment" centres. Each holds between 40 and 400 people whom the government claims are receiving treatment and rehabilitation for drug dependency. But don't be fooled. These centres are often surrounded by …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab London Canada Launches Program to Support …
A London, Canada alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it has started a new program aimed at helping adolescents break their abuse of alcohol through new services available at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report from the …
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BC struggles with how to treat the most severe of mentally ill drug addicts
Only one facility in the province serves mentally ill drug addicts. The Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction has 100 beds, but an estimated 300 people are in need. Even the Health Ministry acknowledged the centre is not "optimally equipped …
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Proposed Camden treatment center & Malibu's only thing in common: The View
A Sept. 15 piece in The New York Times detailed how opportunists in Malibu, California, are scrambling to purchase properties and convert them into alcohol and drug treatment centers. Neighbors challenging a proposal to open a residential alcohol and …
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Passages Malibu Offers Tips for Starting Fresh in the New Year
"We welcome anyone who's made the choice to stop using drugs or alcohol," said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. "The exceptional treatment team we've assembled at Passages does an excellent job of empowering our clientele …
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Gilbert Treatment Center Launches Program to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse
A Gilbert treatment center is announcing a new program geared toward eliminating prescription drug abuse within an individual is now available through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human …
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Drug Treatment Center Moving to Atlantic Avenue
New Directions, an alcohol and substance abuse treatment center, will move to 500 Atlantic Ave. in Boerum Hill after Community Board 2 supported the proposal Wednesday night. View Full Caption. DNAinfo/Nikhita Venugopal. BOERUM HILL — An alcohol …
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His House/New Creation Addiction Treatment Centers Celebrates Holidays With …
His House/New Creation residential treatment centers recently held a holiday party at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California. … His House is a Christian addiction treatment center that serves males who suffer from issues related to substance abuse.
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Number of San Joaquin County flu cases on rise
Since flu, or influenza, is not a reportable disease in California except in the case of a patient 64 or younger dying or being admitted to an intensive care unit, Furst said, there is no way to accurately track exact numbers of the respiratory illness …
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What else made news last year?
As the summer wound down, controversy heated up as a California production company began filming a reality TV show in Murrells Inlet. 495 Productions … McConnell entered guilty pleas to two counts of ill treatment of animals for the July 2012 …
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Lucida Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Center Opens in Florida
Elements Behavioral Health opens Lucida, a substance abuse and mental health treatment center that blends evidence-based and alternative therapies, exceptional clinical and medical staff, personalized care, and resort-style amenities in a safe, private …
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Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has hired Chef …
Chef Marco is a recognized expert in this expanding culinary discipline and has worked to develop other recovery-focused menus for addiction treatment centers nationally. This marks the latest expansion by Lakeview Health under its new leadership in 2013.
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Addiction Rehab Center Could Close
With an annual budget of $ 400,000–less than half of what it was only a few years ago, the rehab center could close its doors for good in February. Officials say many of the current patients can't afford to receive treatment, since health insurance …
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Fremont County Bulletin Board
7 a.m. The Royal Gorge Amateur Radio Club meets at Mr. Ed's restaurant for a Dutch treat breakfast. For more information … 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. Holiday Art Classes will be offered to children, ages 5 to 12, in the Bell Tower Cultural Center …
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Collaborative efforts fighting NKY Heroin epidemic
No one knows the pain heroin causes more than the mothers who have bury their children who die from an overdose, like Rosie Christian. As FOX19 reported earlier this year Rosie's son, James Barton, died of a heroin … "If we don't help the kids that …
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