2012: The Year in Almosts, Not-Quites, and Nearly-Theres
He grounded his explanation in the logic of economics as much as morality. “It costs us $ 49,000 a year to warehouse a prisoner in New Jersey state prisons last year,” he explained to the crowd. “A full year of inpatient drug treatment costs $ 24,000 a …
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Lindsay Lohan's Judge Looking For JUSTICE; Prosecution Butts Heads!
Godfrey handles the Drug Court Program and defendants enrolled must undergo at least of a year of inpatient treatment for their addiction, show up to court for progress reports and not test dirty. The idea that Lindsay could benefit from this is absurd …
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Heroin use growing problem in suburbs
said Linda Lewaniak, director of The Center for Addiction Medicine and Director of Outpatient Programs at Alexian Brothers Behavior Health Hospital. “The suburbs. It's coming here.” And the range of heroin users in the suburbs is not only becoming …
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