Jon Singleton, Astros prospect, opens up about drug addiction
And for the first time publicly, the Long Beach area product is 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 …
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Singleton shares all about his addiction
All that despite a couple of significant set backs. 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 …
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Astros prospect Singleton details drug struggle
The 6-foot-2, 235-pound Singleton — he's listed as Jonathan, but says he prefers Jon — sits up straight in a small booth, adjusts the baseball cap he's wearing backward and fills in the details of his private struggle. The 22-year-old says he has …
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Ativan Addiction Treatment and Ativan Drug Rehab Announced
Recovery Associates, through using a multiple of therapeutic tracks, is placing an emphasis upon Ativan addiction treatment, helping men and women break free from this potent drug. Ativan is a brand name for lorazepam, a benzodiazepine used in treating …
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Florida Drug Rehab Joins State in Fighting Prescription Drug Addiction
Destination Hope, a nationally recognized substance abuse and mental health treatment facility located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is working to combat Florida's addiction to legal substances in coordination with statewide efforts to reduce the number …
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Help drug–addicted mothers make changes
In an ideal world, women would be healthy and free of any drug/alcohol addiction (caffeine, nicotine, prescription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol) when trying to conceive and plan a pregnancy. However, we do not live in an ideal world, and women …
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IMPD boosted substance–abuse program around time of Bisard crash
Now, after being free on bail for 21/2 years, Bisard is in jail with a bond revocation hearing scheduled today in Allen County. His lawyer was expected to argue that Bisard is not a danger to the public if he is … It's unclear how many IMPD officers …
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Substance Abuse Program may move
The Substance Abuse Program in the Etowah County Detention Center could be moving to the animal shelter property on U.S. Highway 278 near the Etowah and Calhoun county lines to make room for more immigration detainees. Sheriff Todd Entrekin explained …
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Auditor cites Detroit Fire Department for drug policy violations
According to the report, seven workers should have been fired because of drug or alcohol abuse but were offered a last-chance agreement to stay on the job. Two of those workers later tested positive for cocaine or alcohol for a second time and were …
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State jails struggle with lack of treatment, rehab programs
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Gene Mooney, a small-time thief and drug user who was the poster boy for the creation of Texas' system of rehabilitation-oriented state jails in 1995, is still in prison. After all, had he received more drug …
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Community Services for Dec. 30
DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP, facilitated by SouthernCare Hospice, meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. at Gadsden Health & Rehab Center, 1945 Davis Drive, Gadsden, on 800 Hall. For information, call Jane Sims, 256-5566. … Ongoing …
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JULY
Dallas Township supervisors continued discussion about whether to contribute toward the Kingston Township-run D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Kingston Township … The program cost is divided between Kingston, Dallas and Franklin …
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Community Services for Dec. 23
DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP, facilitated by SouthernCare Hospice, meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. at Gadsden Health & Rehab Center, 1945 Davis Drive, Gadsden, on 800 Hall. For information, call Jane Sims, 256-5566. … Ongoing …
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President Obama Sending First-Time Drug Offenders to Rehab Instead of Jail
Researchers at the National Institute of Justice stated: "Compared to traditional criminal justice system processing, treatment and other investment costs averaged $ 1,392 lower per drug court participant. Reduced recidivism and other long-term program …
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My twisted rehab sex life
At any cost. She was the answer to all my problems. No one could convince me otherwise—not my counselor, my parents, my lawyer, my prescribing doctor. We were residents at a strict segregated rehab in Southern California, and communication between …
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