Malibu, California-based Adolescent Drug Rehab Treatment Center, Paradigm …
Paradigm Malibu is the only residential teen drug treatment program owned and operated by licensed mental health professionals. Its core team has over 15 years of experience working together. Paradigm Malibu provides a vast array of treatment …
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Malibu Cracks Down on Posh Rehab Facilities
California state law allows residential alcohol and drug treatment facilities serving six or fewer persons to be treated as single-family residences. Cities are allowed to apply zoning ordinances to these facilities as long as the restrictions are the …
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California Pushes For More Thorough Background Checks for Substance Abuse …
“Obviously we enthusiastically support tough regulations for substance abuse counselors here in California,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “Internally, we strictly adhere to state requirements when considering …
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Malibu, California-based Adolescent Drug Rehab Treatment Center, Paradigm …
Paradigm Malibu is the only residential teen drug treatment program owned and operated by licensed mental health professionals. Its core team has over 15 years of experience working together. Paradigm Malibu provides a vast array of treatment …
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Delaware Voice: Delaware must expand its drug rehab programs
It could easily accommodate a mental health evaluation, assessment center as well as a full-fledged drug and alcohol treatment center. Currently … In California, drug courts were established in 2000 and monies were diverted from the prisons to drug …
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California Pushes For More Thorough Background Checks for Substance Abuse …
“Obviously we enthusiastically support tough regulations for substance abuse counselors here in California,” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. “Internally, we strictly adhere to state requirements when considering …
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Marijuana's march toward mainstream confounds feds
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes since California voters made the first move in 1996. Voters in Colorado and Washington state took the next step last year and approved pot …. "What …
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St. Lawrence County jail releases drug suspect while DA awaits lab results
He was to be sentenced June 2, 2008, to two to four years in prison, and ordered to enter the state prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program, as long as he paid $ 16,328.06 restitution by sentencing. Had he completed the 90-day program, he would …
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Watertown man faces up to 5½ years in prison for heroin sale try
Judge Kim H. Martusewicz will mandate that he serve his sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If inmates complete the 90-day program, they serve the remainder of their sentence under parole supervision. In other court activity:.
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Antwerp man sentenced to prison for defying court order
Three others also were charged in the incident. Judge Kim H. Martusewicz mandated that Mr. Doyle serve his sentence in the prison system's Willard Drug Treatment Program. If inmates complete the 90-day program, they serve the remainder of their …
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Program helps NM teens detox
A key feature of the program is medical detoxification that will allow the hospital to treat adolescents who are in withdrawal from drug or alcohol addiction, said Mike Gutierrez, hospital administrator for Turquoise Lodge. “There's nothing out there …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman completes drug detox program
The “Capote” star has battled addiction issues in the past, but relapsed in 2012 after more than 20 years sober, so he spent nearly two weeks at a detox facility on America's East Coast to deal with his problems, according to TMZ.com. The actor is said …
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Jolly completes drug treatment program, cleared to return
According to Chris Roth of WBAY in Green Bay, Jolly was in a Houston courtroom Wednesday, receiving a diploma for completing a drug treatment program, which was the final step in his attempted return to the Packers. “I know I've seen a change, and I …
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Georgia Considers Taking Softer Approach To Marijuana
But he adds that any changes to the existing drug laws should ultimately be aimed at reducing the number of overall drug users. Decriminalizing soft drugs like marijuana, he says, should be done in conjunction with efforts to bolster Georgia's drug …
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Student injured after dude shot bottle rocket from anus can't sue Marshall …
… of the firing squad.” (RELATED: Meet the journalism professor who says NRA members are treasonous, should be executed) · Follow Eric on Twitter and send education-related story tips to [email protected]. Tags: Alcohol, College, Fireworks …
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Changes planned in national drug addiction policy
Also some transformation awaits the state drug treatment program, which includes impatient detox, primary rehabilitation, alternative therapy implementation and the insurance of alternative medicine via non-materialized vouchers. In the office of the …
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Jolly completes drug treatment program, cleared to return
According to Chris Roth of WBAY in Green Bay, Jolly was in a Houston courtroom Wednesday, receiving a diploma for completing a drug treatment program, which was the final step in his attempted return to the Packers. “I know I've seen a change, and I …
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Flower Mound police program seeks to put young drug users in rehab, not jail
Kathy O'Keefe's son, Brett, died in their Flower Mound home from a drug overdose in 2010. She's holding a picture taken shortly before his death. A new program by the Flower Mound Police Department is designed to get families the help they need before …
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