Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
Part of the problem may have been with the rehab program itself; research suggests that many programs don't take advantage of available medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), don't provide talk therapy program that have been …
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Cory Monteith: Why Didn't Rehab Work?
For those just beginning a new life, addiction counselors say ongoing support groups and sober living facilities – in which recovering addicts live together in a drug-and-alcohol-free environment – are both key. "Most people have a problem and they go …
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Evidence of Heroin Addiction on the Rise
New Jersey's system of drug and alcohol prevention and treatment will understand that there often must be an element of coercion in order to see that addicts who are in and out of hospitals and jails at great cost to society, are instead ushered into …
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Farrah Abraham in rehab program for alcohol abuse
Radar Online confirmed with Farrah Abraham that she checked herself into an outpatient Florida rehab program late Sunday night to deal with alcohol abuse. Farrah issued this statement to the website: At this time in my life, I need to stay focused on …
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York Place to pilot SC rehab program for moms
Mothers recovering from substance abuse will live with their children on the York Place campus in a unique South Carolina pilot program that aims to help them heal while keeping families intact. The Family Care Center on the York Place campus — a …
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Did Cory Monteith Need More Care After Rehab?
Monteith, who is from Canada, had struggled with substance abuse since his early teens, and had completed a drug rehab program in April. Since then he was widely photographed with his girlfriend, actress Lea Michele, at public events and on vacation in …
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When Rehab Doesn't Work
In fact, the stagnation seen at rehab centers today, both inpatient and outpatient, can be traced back decades, Fletcher says, to when the medical community would actually refuse to treat alcoholics and drug addicts. Addiction programs thus adopted …
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Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
But the drug is currently only available in injectable form, which makes it both difficult and dangerous for untrained people to administer. Still, improving such rescue therapies, as well as therapies used in rehab treatment programs, could lead to …
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"Lea Is In a Haze of Disbelief:" Pals Reveal How Lea Michele Is Coping with …
Although Cory made no secret of his longtime struggle with addiction, seeking treatment at the age of 19 and recently completing a 30-day rehab program for substance abuse, pals say Lea “feels like this could have been stopped and she just can't stop …
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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 staff members are available to answer …
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Delaware Voice: Delaware must expand its drug rehab programs
We have an epidemic of alcoholism and prescription drug abuse in Delaware and the nation. Our state has one state-funded detoxification center on Kirkwood Highway. Citizens come from Sussex, Kent and New Castle County every day for treatment, only to …
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LA County seeks to block release of convicted rapist
Hubbart is among more than 500 offenders in California who have been confined under a law that allows authorities to commit sexually violent predators to state hospitals if they are deemed to have mental disorders that make them likely to reoffend …
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Matt Damon On Child Actors, Ben Affleck, Fame And Acting With 'Esquire'
In March 2008, a warrant was issued for the actor's arrest after he didn't show up to a hearing in relation to a ticket he received for unlawful smoking in Burbank, California. When the actor's lawyer showed up the next day … With a plea deal it is …
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Malibu, California-based Adolescent Drug Rehab Treatment Center, Paradigm …
Malibu, California-based Adolescent Drug Rehab Treatment Center, Paradigm Malibu, Announces their “Team Spotlight” Series of Publications. This second entry highlights the many accomplishments of Melissa Simon, MSW – Therapist for Paradigm Malibu.
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Delaware Voice: Delaware must expand its drug rehab programs
Delaware has had drug courts for some time, but they are not being used. In California, drug courts were established in 2000 and monies were diverted from the prisons to drug rehabs. California was able to take two planned prisons off the books and …
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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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Malibu Residents Frustrated by Impact of Rehab Facilities
Malibu is an exclusive California community known for its affluent residents and pricey beachfront real estate, but those wealthy residents are growing increasingly upset about the rising number of rehab facilities in their backyard. City officials …
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Delaware Voice: Delaware must expand its drug rehab programs
Yet, Delaware still fills our prisons with drug users thereby disrupting families and communities and turning our citizens into felons, rather than delivering the treatment desperately needed for our loved ones. (Page 2 of 2). If your family member is …
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Delco Heroin Task Force launches website, school presentations
… and educational programs available to schools in the county this fall. The Task Force was organized in September 2012 by District Attorney Jack Whelan and Delaware County Council to raise awareness about the epidemic of prescription drug and heroin …
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Protestor poster at Restore the Fourth rally in Washington, DC on July 4, 2013 …
WASHINGTON – While Americans celebrated the birth of the nation Thursday, just two blocks away from the White House an all-ages crowd of over 200 people rallied to call for a second American revolution. Enraged over the revelations from National …
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