LA County audit finds failures in oversight of drug rehab clinics
Los Angeles County authorities have let problem drug rehabilitation providers run away with millions of dollars in public money and failed to follow through on threats to stop funding errant clinics, according to a new report by the county auditor …
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Maghaberry prison to get drug rehabilitation unit
Prisoners in Maghaberry jail are to have access to a drug rehabilitation unit that will provide intensive help for those with addiction problems. Prison Service officials said the specialist unit would be the first in the UK when it opens next year. Up …
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Colin Farrell Talks Drinking, Drugs and Rehab
Colin Farrell is once again opening up about his hard-partying past, but unlike other actors, the Irish stud admits his addiction started long before he began his career in Hollywood. The 37-year-old star revealed on The Late Late Show that his …
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First US Internet addiction treatment centre to open next week
A psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania in the US is the first in the country to provide inpatient treatment for people with Internet addiction. However, as it can accommodate no more than four patients at a time, it's going to be a while before the …
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Review: problem gambling and substance abuse linked, says sociologist
Dr. Flora Matheson, sociologist at St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health, says problem gamblers are a hidden population among people with mental health or substance abuse issues who often don't get the treatment they need.
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Tehran Allows Test Run Of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Tehran has issued a licence for the establishment of the city's first alcohol rehabilitation centre. ISNA reports that the head of the Public Health Department's Addiction Prevention Centre announced that the licence is for a pilot project for the …
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VMA Gift Bags Include Addiction Recovery Book From Lindsay Lohan's Last …
In this year's gift bag, guests will receive a copy of "Ending Addiction for Good: The Ground-Breaking, Holistic, Evidence-Based Way to Transform Your Life," from the people at Cliffside Malibu, which happens to be the last rehab center Lindsay Lohan …
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Addiction centre boss calls for abstinence approach to drug treatment programmes
THE boss of a Burton rehabilitation centre has called on government ministers to honour commitments to move heroin addicts away from methadone treatment programmes. Noreen Oliver, chief executive of Burton Addiction Centre, made the comments after …
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Malibu Beach is fed up with rehab clinics, burned out celebs and the paparazzi …
“It was kind of startling to see.” Bereft of his clothes – and his senses, the visitor could not explain why he was covered in mud, nor where he had been. But when he asked Mr. Cano to help him get to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre down the …
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Tehran Allows Test Run Of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Tehran has issued a licence for the establishment of the city's first alcohol rehabilitation centre. ISNA reports that the head of the Public Health Department's Addiction Prevention Centre announced that the licence is for a pilot project for the …
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Crowd Packs Camden Meeting Over Zone Change for Alcohol Rehab Center
Camden – A proposal to put an alcohol rehab center in Camden drew an overflow crowd last night to a town planning board meeting. A majority of the people opposed the project. Fox Hill Real Estate is asking for a zoning change to allow a residential …
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Addiction centre boss calls for abstinence approach to drug treatment programmes
THE boss of a Burton rehabilitation centre has called on government ministers to honour commitments to move heroin addicts away from methadone treatment programmes. Noreen Oliver, chief executive of Burton Addiction Centre, made the comments after …
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Former Heroin Addict Comes Clean In Recovery, Finds New Purpose
… nearly cost her her life before agreeing to enter treatment. After spending a year in a faith-based recovery program, Alexa has replaced the void once filled with drugs with a new sense of spirituality and purpose and is now working with a church …
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Society is being destroyed by UK's drink and drug addictions, warns think-tank
"Alcohol is taking an increasing toll across all services in the UK and new emerging drugs are causing more harm – all the while funding to rehabilitation centres is being dramatically cut and methadone prescribing is being protected." The CSJ's report …
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'Breaking Bad' Free Rehab Offered by NM Mental Health Clinic
By Daniel Distant, Christian Post Reporter. September 2, 2013|10:00 am. "Breaking Bad" free rehab is … Sage Neuroscience Center and HealthShire.com partnered up to create an essay contest. All applicants in the Albuquerque area- that's where the …
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UK addictions costing billions
Christian Guy, director of the centre, said: “While our addiction problem damages the economy, it is the human consequences that present the real tragedy. “Drug and … The report also attacked a failure to offer heroin addicts effective treatment. A …
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New UCLA Clinical Trial of MediciNova's MN-166 in Treating Alcoholism Funded
LOS ANGELES and SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The University of California, Los Angeles' (UCLA's) Departments of Psychology, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Brain Research Institute, and MediciNova, Inc. a …
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Tehran Allows Test Run Of Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Tehran has issued a licence for the establishment of the city's first alcohol rehabilitation centre. ISNA reports that the head of the Public Health Department's Addiction Prevention Centre announced that the licence is for a pilot project for the …
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Alcohol Treatment Tampa Implements New Addiction Treatment
When it comes to fighting addiction, Alcohol Treatment Tampa is the foremost authority. For years, the addiction treatment specialists at Alcohol Treatment Tampa have been helping people get clean from drugs and alcohol. After noticing a large shift in …
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