Heroin in Flagstaff a new challenge to drug treatment
The news that the actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman had died of a heroin overdose in New York City earlier this month was certainly shocking and sad. But in Flagstaff, it might have seemed like a story that at least couldn't happen here. Small cities on …
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Discipline with dignity: Oakland schools try talk circles
His mom, who had been successfully doing drug rehabilitation, had relapsed. She'd been out for three days. The 14-year-old was going home every night to a motherless household and two younger siblings. He had been holding it together as best he could, …
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Health Briefs for March 5, 2014
Registration: Christ Medical Center's Health Advisor at (800) 323-8622, Code 1M03. Postpartum Support: Resources that will allow new mothers to become more knowledgeable about postpartum depression, its causes and available treatment options are …
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The road to recovery
Since its first center opened in New York, Teen Challenge has grown to nearly 250 centers in 48 states and over 1,000 centers in 95 countries. It is a Christian, faith-based approach to treatment of people with drug, alcohol and other life-controlling …
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Top Asian Alcohol and Drug Rehab to Raise Awareness About the Latest …
Concerned about the serious shortage of credible and effective treatment options in the region, this March, senior Cabin staff will fly to Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Oman to conduct a series of exclusive meetings with professionals in the addiction and …
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NT alcohol crackdown makes gains, but questions over mandatory rehabilitation …
The committee is expected to examine the application of new policies in the Territory, including mandatory alcohol treatment that was introduced in July 2013. People taken into police protective custody more than three times in two months can be …
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APNewsBreak: Astros prospect details drug struggle
And for the first time publicly, he's opening up about his battle with an addiction to marijuana and monthlong stay at a rehabilitation center. "At this point it's pretty evident to me that I'm a drug addict," he told The Associated Press over …
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Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story
Shortly after that she was busted for a DUI with marijuana in her car, failed out of Air Force technical school, and was sent to a mandatory drug treatment program. She is still in the Air Force. For how much …. A police report taken at Biloxi …
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Company proposes Darryl Strawberry center for drug and alcohol abuse
… for the substance abuse center with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The company opened the first Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center in Orlando in January and also operates mental health facilities in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.
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Grant Hackett lands in US and heads for mystery drug rehab facility to battle …
GRANT Hackett touched down in Los Angeles this morning, en route to an undisclosed US rehabilitation centre to deal with an addiction to the sleeping pill Stilnox. Upon touching down in the US, having flown in from Brisbane yesterday with his brother …
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Senate bill aims to expand drug-abuse treatment
A little-publicized bill now in the state Senate's insurance committee would drastically expand treatment options for heroin and opioid pill addicts — and potentially reshape the landscape of drug rehabilitation in New York, experts say. Senate Bill …
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Addictions Specialist Joins Promises Treatment Centers as Director of Young …
Ms. Ogle has more than 25 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and adults in addiction, trauma and co-occurring mental health disorders in both a treatment center environment as well as in private practice. She is a licensed …
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