California to recognize gang members can change
… and participate in anger management and drug rehabilitation programs. Officials said that change was based on programs in seven other states. California is now the first to go a step farther by removing the gang designation entirely if the inmate …
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More rehab services for former Three Strikes inmates
Meanwhile, inmates freed early after voters eased the state's tough Three Strikes Law needed those beds for housing and treatment programs. Since the state had already paid for the beds, it made sense to allow those freed inmates to use them, even …
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Ocean Breeze Recovery Launches New Website
Ocean Breeze Recovery Center is a drug rehab facility in Florida that guides individuals into a life of sobriety. … The center specializes in faith-based recovery and offers a Christian rehab program, but welcomes people of all backgrounds and religions.
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Jim Welch now lives a fuller life of service
“I was a drug addict,” he admits. “I went through a 10-month Christian drug program called No Longer Bound, in Cumming, Ga. I stayed there for 16 months. Then I went to Jesup, Ga., and managed a drug rehab program called Free Heart, for a year.”
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Chinese come out against sexuality change therapy
A wire connected to his genitals, a Chinese man says doctors administered repeated electric shocks as he watched a pornographic film — part of treatment he hoped would eliminate his sexual attraction to men. "I thought I'd try and see if there was a …
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Drug charges dropped for Calif. treasurer's wife
Drug and child endangerment charges were dismissed Friday against state Treasurer Bill Lockyer's wife, who was arrested on suspicion of being high on methamphetamine and keeping drugs in a Southern California home she shared with her 9-year-old son. A …
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Medi-Cal agency to overhaul drug rehab program after critical audit
California's Medi-Cal agency is launching an overhaul of its drug rehabilitation program in light of a damning internal audit that spotlights ham-handed oversight and confirms many findings of a yearlong investigation by The Center for Investigative …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab Windsor Launches Program to Halt Cocaine Addiction in …
Alcohol & Drug Rehab Windsor Launches Program to Halt Cocaine Addiction in Adolescents and Adults. Individuals seeking help for drug and alcohol addiction can receive no-cost consultations. Call (226) 773-2395 for an appointment at Drug Addiction …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab Saskatoon Announces New Program to Stop Marijuana …
Saskatoon, Canada (PRWEB) January 15, 2014. A Saskatoon alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it has started a new program to stop marijuana addiction for adults and adolescents at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. Information from the …
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California Governor Proposes Drug Rehab Program Changes After Investigation
(CNN) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed millions of dollars in additional funding to crack down on abuses in the state's drug rehab program as a result of an investigation by CNN and The Center for Investigative Reporting. The governor's …
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Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Clinic Accepts New Patients Who Are …
Northbound Treatment Services offers both a secular and Christian drug rehab center with a unique substance abuse treatment program that provides both residential inpatient and outpatient care. Christian based drug rehab programs may help people …
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