Pax House Offers the Best 12-Step Program for Detox and Drug Treatment
Altadena, CA — (SBWIRE) — 10/14/2013 — Pax House, a residential chemical dependency treatment center, now offers the best daily 12-Step Meeting Program to it residence for an effective treatment for drug treatment in California. One of the …
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Amid fraud allegations, rehab doctor OKs treatment without seeing patients
The Medical Board of California accused one rehab clinic doctor in Burbank of overprescribing drugs at his private practice, giving large amounts of Vicodin to a woman addicted to the popular painkiller. A South Los Angeles doctor, now in prison …
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Twin Town Treatment Centers of Southern California to Be Honored During …
LOS ALAMITOS, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 8, 2013) – Key representatives from Twin Town Treatment Centers, Inc., a successful six-location outpatient drug and alcohol treatment facility based in Los Alamitos, Calif., are being recognized with two special …
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Prescription drug use at root of many Utah addictions and deaths
"Increases in substance abuse treatment admissions, emergency department visits and most disturbingly, overdose deaths attributable to prescription drug abuse place enormous burdens upon communities across the country." The report finds few states are …
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Bloomington recovery center goes forward despite opposition
GEORGE – Plans to open a residential drug and alcohol treatment center in the Bloomington Ranches neighborhood of St. George will apparently go ahead without any opposition from the city, according to statements from both city officials as well as the …
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SHUTDOWN IMPACT: 13 Days after the federal government closed, affects are …
The government shutdown continues with some hope for those who would like to visit the nation's national parks: The Obama administration said it would allow the states to use their own money to pay for park operations and Utah jumped at the chance …
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Shutdown impact: A few national parks reopen
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they can handle recalls and high-risk foodborne outbreaks, but discovering them will be more difficult because many of the people who investigate outbreaks have been …
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Huffington Magazine This Week: Battle of the Beds
He argues that the "failed" California, which pundits were eulogizing not too long ago, was ushered out when the state elected Jerry Brown as its governor. "We are moving the country's largest economy into a place where we can all be … Finally, as …
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Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Issues Stern …
MALIBU, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 8, 2013) – Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon treatment center, recognized by many as one of the top inpatient rehab centers in California, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral …
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County to remodel Ceres recovery center
The center currently is used as a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol dependent persons. "This is not about a building project but a … The county contracts with Doctors Medical Center/Doctors Behavioral Health Center and hospitals throughout …
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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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Health law could overwhelm addiction services
“There is no illness currently being treated that will be more affected by the Affordable Care Act than addiction,” said Tom McLellan, CEO of the nonprofit Treatment Research Institute and President Barack Obama's former deputy drug czar. “That's …
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Question by rdmnboon: What are the %’s of people who return to drugs after rehabilitation?
I am writing an Essay for this one subject and I want to involve some percentages… What are the percentages of people who return to drugs even after being at rehab?

P.S. Please show me a source, so I know it’s not just a guess or estimate…
I have to write an Essay for one of my subjects and need to know the percentage of people that relapse after they have been to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse…

P.S. Please refer a source, as so I know you didn’t just guess or estimate…

Best answer:

Answer by Ember L
well my mom did after 5 years of being clean and my aunt did after 3 months of being clean hope that gives you an idea

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An Intervention for Malibu
And they're spreading. As of July, there were 35 state-licensed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in this city (population 12,645), in addition to a multiplying number of unlicensed sober-living homes. Question: What are Malibu's only growth …
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Malibu Horizon's Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Issues Stern …
MALIBU, CA–(Marketwired – Oct 8, 2013) – Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Malibu Horizon treatment center, recognized by many as one of the top inpatient rehab centers in California, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral …
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Amanda Bynes Leaves UCLA Psych Ward for Malibu Rehab
She was originally being treated at a Ventura County facility before transferring to UCLA Medical Center at her mother's request because it's one of the best places for treatment in the country. And now, the 27-year-old checked into a Malibu rehab …
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