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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Heroin at the Shore: Rehab centers struggle to keep up with demand
New Jersey gets mixed reviews by officials and professionals for its suite of treatment options, but few argue that the state, and especially the Jersey Shore, lack the detox facilities, long-term programs and halfway homes that are needed to keep up …
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New Jersey's Drug Court Program: Making the Sentence Fit the Crime
In fact, it's the only state-subsidized drug rehab program in New Jersey. “The only way you can get the state to pay for drug treatment is to commit a crime and thereafter be sentenced to drug court,” he said. Barnett Hoffman, a former presiding judge …
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Number of Rehabilitation Facilities Too Low to Compensate for Heroin Abuse
Tweet About This! With the recent emergence of krokodil, the flesh-eating injectable opioid, in the United States, it seems as though illicit drug and prescription painkiller misuse may present a problem in our country. But this problem is not only a …
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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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UK Deemed 'Addicted Man' Of Europe For Drug And Alcohol Crisis
Aside from the paucity of treatment programs for alcoholism in the UK, funding to serve recovering drug addicts has been cut in the current period of economic austerity, with 55 percent of local governments in England slashing funding for residential …
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Ninth Judicial District's Drug Court program aims to keep addicts out of prison
“We're trying to change that addictive behavior, and find out through treatment and therapy what caused that behavior,” she continued, pointing out that drug addiction often is a response to sexual or physical abuse experienced as a child. “And they …
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Mother seeking treatment for heroin addicted son encounters long waits
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – If you've been paying attention, you've likely heard about heroin's comeback here in Metro Louisville. Almost every day we report on arrests blamed on heroin addiction, but the criminal justice impact is only part of the problem.
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Funding crisis hits youth rehab
YOUNG drug users are being forced to wait for up to 12 weeks for critical treatment as Canberra's residential rehabilitation programs reach breaking point. Recent bed closures and growth in demand from children as young as 12 have led to wait times for …
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Joplin School District, circuit judge to pilot juvenile drug court program
The program will send adolescent drug offenders at Joplin schools to Circuit Judge Gayle Crane, who will help arrange for treatment, counseling, substance abuse educational material or other forms of rehabilitation for students while they remain in …
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Southwest Florida Addiction Services Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
In addition, four Adult Drug Court programs and one Juvenile Drug Court Program operated by SWFAS were accredited. SWFAS is the most comprehensive substance abuse treatment and prevention program in Southwest Florida. More than 6,000 people …
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Into Action Treatment Announces New Physical Fitness Program for their South …
Into Action is a small 24 bed coed drug rehab located in South Florida. They focus on long term recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and have a minimum stay of 45 days, while most of their clients stay over 90 days. They are the only Hyanis format …
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Drug Rehab Into Action Treatment Visits the Florida Youth Orchestra Happy …
Into Action Treatment, a south Florida coed drug rehab center, visited the The Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, Florida, today to watch the Florida Youth Orchestra Happy Concert series. The concert was part of the weekend activities at the 1 year …
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Judge doesn't sugarcoat addicts' battle to survive
… accepted them into the county's drug court program. “It's pretty hard to live with an addiction like all of you have had, and you're not dead, because that's where addictions go, long-term incarceration or death. Nikki Golden holds her daughter as …
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Extended Care Treatment Center Shadow Mountain Recovery Turns 6
Shadow Mountain Recovery, a non-profit drug rehab center for young males struggling with substance abuse issues, celebrates six years of achieving its goal: helping clients sustain a clean and sober life in recovery from addiction. Forward · Print …
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All Eyes On Ohr Pharma Wet AMD Study
"We have had quite a bit of interest in partnering our OHR/AVR 118 drug candidate for cancer cachexia, and we will look to license out the program after Phase 2, because the company's core focus is now ophthalmology and bringing second-generation …
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