Empty Rehabilitation Centre breaks Toowoomba hearts
The city, like many others is also dealing with the devastating fallout from drug and alcohol abuse. It's taken a toll on individuals, families and the community. So on the Downs, people came together to build a solution a live-in Rehab centre. But …
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How to Overcome Temptations After Rehab the Focus of Latest Best Drug …
Former drug and alcohol abuse addicts are urged to read the latest must-read blog from Best Drug Rehabilitation, which provides some timely and potentially life-saving advice on how to overcome temptations after they leave rehab. (PRWEB) February 04 …
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Drug Rehab Center Tricked Patient Into Studying Scientology, Lawsuit Says
A family has sued Narconon Fresh Start for disguising itself as a drug rehabilitation facility when it is really a center for teaching Scientology practices, such as screaming commands at ashtrays. The family of patient Jack Welch claims in the lawsuit …
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says city “booming” despite record unemployment
Ford hopes that he will be able to use the intervening eight months to push to the background last year's sordid spectacle of drug and alcohol abuse, criminal associations, habitual lying and outright buffoonery that saw him stripped of much of his …
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Where There's Smoke . . .
“I can't really speak to why guys smoke, but I'm from Southern California, so it's all around where we grew up,” says Broncos safety Omar Bolden, 25, of Ontario, Calif. “You walk outside and it smells like … Despite some of the harshest penalties in …
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Behanan: 'I'm going to get help'
I'm hoping I can learn and get where I want to go in life." Working with Lucas has become the de facto move for athletes and coaches in the public eye. Lucas, a former drug and alcohol abuser himself, has built a second career off rehabbing people with …
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Novel Osteoporosis Drug Could Change Treatment: Study
"Most osteoporosis drugs work by stopping the progression of bone loss, but they don't have the capability of rebuilding the skeleton," McClung said. "This really is a new day in the consideration of how we treat osteoporosis, with the capability of …
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VA official tours Vt. veterans' hospital
Sowers visited the inpatient substance abuse treatment area, where many of the patients are also suffering from PTSD, and other sections of the hospital focused on traditional medical care for veterans. He also spoke via a telemedicine hookup with a …
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Red Hook residents recoil from plans for pricey rehab center
Urban Recovery House, a for-profit drug and alcohol abuse rehabilitation center, plans to open a 20,000-square-foot inpatient treatment facility on Beard Street in Red Hook, and local residents aren't happy. The area once had major issues with drugs, …
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Planned luxury rehab for Red Hook worries locals
Locals are up in arms over a plan to open a high-end drug and alcohol abuse rehab center in Red Hook. Urban Recovery House, a for-profit provider, plans on opening an upscale 25 to 30 bed inpatient treatment facility on an industrial stretch of Beard St.
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Fremont Treatment Center Announces Program to Ease Abusive Dependence …
A Fremont treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available for people through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. A report from the U.S. …
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