Tampa FL Christian Drug Rehab Announces New Bible-Based Treatment Program
Tampa FL Christian Drug Rehab is announcing that a new Bible-based treatment program is now available for Christians suffering through the difficulties of drug addiction in Tampa and surrounding cities. Drug addiction is a disease that … Recovering …
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NJ Senate panel considers options for dealing with heroin, painkiller addiction
Vitale and several other senators stated concerns about the barriers to affordable, effective, timely treatment for addicts in need. “It's a stark reality that if you commit a crime you can get care,” Vitale said, referring to the state's drug court …
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State task force faces uphill battle against heroin
Ward testified, along with local health officials, many addicts can't get into inpatient detox programs until they first attempt 30 days outpatient treatment because insurance programs are trying to cut costs. Ward said the policy makes add another …
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Local treatment center helps men overcome addiction
April 05– In January, the Minnesota Adult& Teen Challenge opened its Rochester building for men and is now housing 18 clients battling drug and alcohol addiction. The nonprofit, Christian-based treatment organization, headquartered in Minneapolis, …
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Top cops, addiction experts rally around 'Community Justice'
That's why, along with helping to set up and fund new treatment programs – including enhanced treatment options at the regional jail, and a day-center program for opiate addicts at HrS – he's also reviving a task force focused specifically on property …
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Shawn Vestal: Spokane County's Drug Court saves money, lives
Criminal justice experts identified Drug Court as one of the “centers of excellence” among the region's programs. (Full-size photo) … The court, which puts drug-addicted criminal offenders through a yearlong march of treatment and intensive oversight …
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
There are about 12,000 addiction treatment programs nationwide, according to McLellan's organization. Of those, about 10 percent are residential facilities, about 80 percent are outpatient programs and about 10 percent are methadone clinics. There's …
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US Drug Courts Favor Treatment for Addiction Over Jail Time
Play video (2:49). US Drug Courts Favor Treatment for Addiction Over Jail Time. 2 days. Nightly News Drug courts allow those whose crimes are rooted in addiction to avoid prison and seek treatment. For some heroin addicts, this program was a life-saver.
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Tollgate Center in Litchfield proposed as site for drug treatment facility
It will be an adolescent only, private pay, private placement, residential treatment center for education, mental health and sobriety. It will host about 18 to 29 teenagers per month with a license for up to 24 beds. The property owners James Foy and …
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Attorney pushes inpatient drug treatment in oil patch hub Williston
"We need an inpatient facility. The person would be monitored 24/7." Mercy Medical Center President Matt Grimshaw said the facility has no plans to open a drug treatment facility. But Judge Robin Schmidt said she hopes to start a drug court program …
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Dallas TX Alcohol Drug Rehab Launches Expansion of Residential Treatment …
Dallas TX Alcohol Drug Rehab is launching an expansion of its residential treatment services for people looking to stop their drug abuse problems in Dallas. Entering a residential treatment facility can seem scary and intimidating for a practicing drug …
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A Sobering Story: Addicts must confront their demons, experts say
So people tend to still see it as a moral weakness,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Center in Indiana. However, addiction is not a moral failing, and … In the brains of addicts, that circuitry …
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Prison Reform Is Bigger in Texas
In Texas, funneling money to special courts (like drug courts or prostitution courts), rehabilitation, and probation in an effort to make sure current offenders don't reoffend, instead of continuing to make room for more prisoners, has resulted in …
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Disgraced Illinois judge awaits decision on where he'll serve 2-year term in …
LOUIS — A disgraced former Illinois drug court judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal is getting time to square away things before serving a two-year sentence on heroin and gun convictions. But exactly where Michael Cook … "The court …
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The future is Alzheimer's
Florida Hospital's 17-bed senior behavioral health unit in Lake Placid cared for more than 400 patients last year. "I am very worried about this growing mismatch between health care needs and health care providers," said State Rep. Cary Pigman. He is …
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Timeline: US school violence since 1927
September 15, 2009 – Coral Gables Senior High School, Coral Gables, Florida. 17-year-old …. Osmanson is sent to a private residential treatment center. February …. After time in a psychiatric hospital, Christian attends high school in the Dallas …
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