New funding for drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre to be built at Port Augusta
After several years of uncertainty, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre will be built at Port Augusta. Funding was announced in 2007, but a tender process failed and no suitable site was found. Now the Federal Government has allocated $ 1.5 million …
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Famous Ex Monk Santikaro Delivers a Buddhist Interpretation of Addiction …
The American-born Santikaro, prodigy of the 20th century's most influential ascetic-philosopher monk Buddhadasa, was invited by The Cabin Chiang Mai – Asia's top inpatient rehab, to talk about how Buddhist principles can be incorporated into the 12 …
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Bluefield Recovery offers UNC, Duke students drug-, alcohol-free housing
Becky Georgi and her husband Jeff Georgi are the managers of Bluefield Recovery Center, a new residential substance abuse recovery center that will serve Duke and UNC college students. The center opened in July 2013 and expects to start moving in …
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Valiant Recovery Now Offers Financing for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
(PRLEAP.COM) Kelowna, BC, Canada – Valiant Recovery, a leading alcohol abuse treatment center in British Columbia, understands that the cost of rehabilitation treatment should not prevent someone from getting the help they need for their addiction.
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Detox, rehabilitation center at Hillside is first in Monroe County
A historic inn and landmark has returned to its roots, in a sense, with Friday's official opening of the Pyramid Healthcare drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility at Hillside. The 110-acre property in Middle Smithfield Township, bought in 1953 by the …
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At Narconon New Life Retreat Recovery from Drugs Sparks Success
At Narconon New Life Retreat Recovery from Drugs Sparks Success. New Life Retreat runner shows that she is drug free for life after graduating the Narconon alcohol and drug rehab program. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on …
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Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., finds sympathy for plight over cocaine bust
Rick Scott and state GOP Chairman Lenny Curry — and checked himself into a drug rehabilitation center. In exchange for his plea, Radel was placed on probation and ordered to pay a $ 250 fine. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy …
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Dewine kicks off 'Safe Communities' plan in Warren
… they belong to. The offenders will then be offered assistance with job training, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as meeting with local clergy and residents whose families have been impacted directly by violent crime. Partners in the …
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Question by jpc8015: Seceding from the States?
Did anybody hear about the Lakota Indian Tribe wanting to disolve their treaties with the federal government and set up their own country? Is this a good idea for them? How would they manage without federal aid for everything from “cultural centers” to drug and alcohol rehabilitation? At some point would we need to go and forcibly take their land back from them in order to save them from themselves? What would the consequences be, could we then take away their status as a soveirgn nation and not give them treaties?

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Answer by Perplexed Bob
Well, considering the living conditions on reservations, I don’t see how they were be losing much if they declared their own country.

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A Jail by Another Name – China Labor Camps Now Drug Detox Centers
Many of China's re-education through labor camps, instead of being abolished in line with a ruling Communist Party announcement this month, are being turned into compulsory drug rehabilitation centers where inmates can be incarcerated for two years or …
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Legislators push health insurance parity for substance abuse
With private treatment inaccessible to the overwhelming majority of addicted people, at upward of $ 40,000, Pignatelli believes insurance companies should pick up the entire tab. People need more avenues to receive treatment, or it will cost communities …
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Narconon Arrowhead Announces Weekly Graduation Ceremony That Will …
The Narconon program is a holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation program based on the drug rehabilitation research developed by L. Ron Hubbard. The program works not only to address the physical effects of drug use, but also to help the individual …
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