Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Allentown zoners reject Abraham Atiyeh's proposed drug, alcohol rehab center
A proposal to establish a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in a residential Allentown neighborhood was unanimously rejected by city zoners tonight. But the matter appears far from resolved. Immediately after the decision was rendered, developer …
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Proposal would turn former Catholic girls school into drug rehab facility
The proposal says the Louisville Center for Rehabilitative Medicine would be a state-licensed facility specializing in substance abuse treatment. Its clients would be people with drug and alcohol addictions receiving in-patient treatment. According to …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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New treatment center helps shed misconceptions about Internet addiction
The nation's first inpatient treatment program for Internet addiction opened this month in Bradford, Pennsylvania. It's a ten-day program that involves a thorough search for internet connected devices, a three-day quarantine, and hopefully a cure …
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17 (HealthDay News) — Treating drug and alcohol addiction with a concentrated approach called chronic care management may be no more effective than a single medical appointment and addiction referral, according to a new study. Results of the year-long …
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Zac Efron and 4 Other Celebrities That Went To Rehab For Secret Drug …
Despite Odom's claim that he is not a drug addict, the 33-year-old athlete entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in September, only to leave one day later, according to a report from TMZ. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN. Philip Seymour Hoffman …
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Rehab centers struggle to keep drugs out
When Bethany Ehrhart, 23, wanted to kick her addiction to painkillers, her mother, Darlene, found the money for top-of-the-line treatment at the world-renowned Betty Ford Center. A week after her arrival at the celebrity rehab in Rancho Mirage, Calif …
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Four beds ready to treat Internet addicts
(CNN) — High above the frozen Potomac River in the nation's capitol, Ryan Van Cleave stood on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, contemplating his life. It was New Year's Eve 2007, and the married father of two asked himself, "Is this really something I'm …
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Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center
Cash is the cofounder of the Restart Internet Addiction Recovery Center in Fall City, Washington, just 15 miles east of Microsoft's main campus. She treats patients with a variety of tech addictions, and believes that nomophobia and addiction go hand …
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Heroin Overdoses Expand Among Adolescents and Remain Problematic in New …
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (PRWEB) June 07, 2013. A spike in the number of teen heroin overdoses in New York state is a haunting reminder of how powerful and addictive this drug can be among adolescents. To read more about this drug problem visit this …
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Lindsay Lohan switches rehab sites after telling dad about fear of drugs at …
The price of a private room at Cliffside, Lindsay Lohan's new rehab facility, is a whopping $ 68,000 a month. But the troubled starlet was left with no choice but to transfer there after leaving the Betty Ford Center, because she claims it was a drug …
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In New York, harsh penalties may fuel lucrative marijuana trade
The conference drew representatives from over 35 organizations devoted to issues like mental health, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, public health and other concerns related to New York's stringent drug policy. The stated objectives of the conference …
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Halle Berry expecting baby boy
The actress left the Betty Ford Center near Palm Springs, Calif., and has entered Cliffside in Malibu — which prosecutors, the judge and her attorney agreed is better-suited to a 90-day treatment program. • A fire on the set of Transformers 4 — where …
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EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul says GOP divided on privacy rights because of …
WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders continue to support an expansive surveillance state because of the “generational” gap in the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul posited in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller on Thursday.
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Author tells story of founders of Georgia's first drug and alcohol treatment …
A handsome, heroic young doctor from Statesboro marries a beautiful young woman who loves to party. What follows is a story about passion, alcoholism, addiction, turmoil and redemption that has so many twists and turns it could be the basis of a …
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Pioneers in substance abuse treatment discuss working together
Hazelden, founded in a rural Minnesota farmhouse in 1949, is the larger of the two organizations, which share a similar, abstinence-based approach to treating drug and alcohol issues. Headquartered in Center City, Minn., Hazelden operates facilities in …
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Betty Ford Center and Hazelden Foundation eye alliance
Both drug and alcohol treatment centers — widely considered the industry's leaders — confirmed through a news release that their respective boards approved the general concept. It was not clear Wednesday whether any "alliance" would translate into a …
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