Frank Denton: Melissa Ann Jernigan the face of a broken system
A 2010 study by the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs' Association estimated that 40 percent of the seriously mentally ill have been in jail or prison at least once in their lives. Florida has almost five times more seriously mentally …
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Another View: A class war
A week at a state drug treatment center costs $ 123. Our less than compassionate conservatives can't get this in … The then congressman was under the impression that with some inpatient treatment and prayer, he would become “a better man for southwest …
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Woman fights homelessness and addiction with the help of Trenton Rescue …
Her ex-husband suggested a Christian women's recovery center in Georgia. With not much else to lose, Wile left New Jersey in July 2012 for a three-month experience she describes as “the best thing I ever did,” she said. “I am a woman of faith. I just …
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Canadian rehab center installs crack pipe vending machine
A drug treatment center in Vancouver, Canada has installed a crack pipe vending machine at its facility — going retail in an effort to reach hardcore addicts and keep them off the streets. The bright, polka-dotted machine dispenses crack pipes like …
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What Philip Seymour Hoffman's death tells us about addiction
No one can be cured,” said Dr. Akikur Reza Mohammad, a psychiatrist and addiction-medicine specialist who works as a professor at USC's Keck School of Medicine and is founding chief of Inspire Malibu Treatment Center. “If someone is suffering from …
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Paradigm Malibu Now Provides Gaming and Internet Addiction Treatment for …
No matter what an adolescent is suffering from, Paradigm Malibu can be of assistance. "Check out the substance abuse, mental health and treatment programs offered at the Malibu facility as well as the addiction treatment programs. Paradigm Malibu also …
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S. Utah residential drug treatment center spurs protest
GEORGE — A group of protesters picketed outside a new residential drug addiction treatment facility in St. George, citing concerns over safety and declining home values. Residents, who held placards during Saturday's protest, say they're all for drug …
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Why Is Heroin Becoming More Deadly?
And unlike an oxycontin pill, a user has no way of knowing how much of an illegal drug they're getting — or exactly what's in it, said Dr. Kyle Kampman, medical director of the Treatment Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for …
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Drug treatment center eyes Greensburg opening
A Pittsburgh-based drug treatment program that dispenses Suboxone will open a facility in the Greensburg area within a few weeks, according to the company's CEO. Barney Seaton of Allied Addiction Recovery said his Pittsburgh-based operation is not a …
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Waco's low-income drug rehab options improved, but still limited
The opening of Cenikor's 56-bed facility filled a gaping hole left by the closure of the Freeman Center a year before. In the first half of 2011, the Freeman Center gradually shut down its 96-bed residential program, the only state-funded drug and …
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Darryl Strawberry chases new calling by opening latest drug rehab center
ST. CLOUD, Fla. – Darryl Strawberry will always be tied to his former baseball exploits. He's now trying to help others avoid the pitfalls that plagued his career with opening of his second drug rehab facility in two years. Strawberry and his wife …
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