Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license
Human service center loses substance abuse treatment license. JAMESTOWN – South Central Human Service Center's license to provide substance abuse treatment will be suspended starting Monday, leaving some people unsure how to continue treatment.
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Substance Misuse Treatment Likely To Be Transformed by ACA
Albert Senella — director of the addiction treatment program at Tarzana Treatment Center in Southern California and president of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives — said the drug treatment industry already is changing …
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Substance-abuse treatment: Cutbacks will create more problems
North Carolina farms out most treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to private centers that help people with a combination of contributions and federal and state money. No one pretends that's enough, and there are three state-run centers as well. Sadly …
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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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Report: Lamar Odom may have checked into drug and alcohol rehabilitation center
According to People.com, Odom — who had been the subject of much rumor and reporting in recent weeks — has decided to check himself into a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol abuse. From People's report: “He realized he needs help,” a source …
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Report: Lamar Odom checks into rehab for drug and alcohol abuse
Unrestricted free agent forward Lamar Odom has reportedly checked himself into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, according to People.com. "He realized he needs help," a source told People's Jennifer Garcia. When this realization took place …
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Narconon Freedom Center Drug Rehab Students Celebrate Labor Day
Narconon Freedom Center, a drug rehabilitation center, provided an afternoon break September 2nd so program students could celebrate Labor Day with games and a BBQ. Games included volleyball, kickball, softball and bingo for the less active. Beautiful …
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Small Biz: New outpatient substance abuse facility opens in East Brainerd
Cumberland Heights, a drug and alcohol treatment center with a residential campus in Nashville, is expanding into Chattanooga with an outpatient facility in East Brainerd. It's the organization's seventh location in Tennessee and the first in East …
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Business Watch: Pathway Family Services offers outpatient drug treatment
Pathway Family Services has received its license to begin treating teenagers dealing with substance abuse on an outpatient basis. Kameron Labahn-Patrick, vice president of Pathway's residential and treatment services, said assessments of substance …
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PPACA may steer 40 million to drug, alcohol programs
The other day it was 37 million — the number of people a Stanford Medical School study suggested might bolt their employer health plan for exchange coverage. Now, we hearing that 40 million folks may enter drug and/or alcohol rehab programs once the …
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Valiant Recovery Introduces Executive Program to Its Rehabilitation Center
COM) Kelowna, British Colombia – Alcohol and drug treatment center Valiant Recovery recently announced its new program to help executives or other people in positions of power to overcome addiction. The program is designed to specifically address how …
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Bangor conference sheds light on drug, alcohol addiction treatment differences …
BANGOR, Maine — When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, there are differences between men and women, and that means treatment programs need to be different, local substance abuse providers learned Friday at a conference about addiction and …
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Question by sparks: Do drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs work?
I know many who have gone through these programs only to start using again, only days after completion.

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Answer by wiseman/guru
According to statistics only twenty three percent work, the rest all slip back. Have no idea, how well they work the second time around. Perhaps the same 23%!
Peace.

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