As rehab operators fight to reopen clinics, criminal pasts come to light
For more than a decade, Steven Proshak has been a leader of Circle of Friends Outpatient Services, a suspended Los Angeles rehab center that is seeking to be reinstated. He was convicted of domestic violence in 2011 and has pleaded not guilty in a …
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Rehab Clinics Cut Off for Questionable Billing Still Reaped Federal Funds
Carol Silva was the clinical director at Reseda Substance Abuse Treatment Center for four months ending in 2009. She says she reported that the clinic was falsifying documents to state officials, but the Department of Health Care Services says it has …
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Josh Brolin Reportedly Going To Rehab For 'Substance Abuse'
Josh Brolin is apparently trying to live up to his promise to quit drinking: The Oscar-nominated actor reportedly checked himself into rehab recently in Northern California for substance abuse, Us Weekly reports. The 45-year-old "Gangster Squad" actor …
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Heroin fuels surge in deadly overdoses in Jefferson Parish
But that began to change about three years ago, said Dr. Ken Roy, service director for the detox unit at River Oaks Hospital in Elmwood and founder of Addiction Recovery Resources Inc., a private substance abuse treatment center in Metairie. "We rarely …
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Women and wellness unite at Granlibakken in Tahoe City
9 and 10 for a weekend of education, dining, shopping, exercise and camaraderie. The two-day event annually features speakers in a variety of health topics. One Saturday attendees were treated to Metahabilitaion: Turning Tragedy to Triumph by Joyce …
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County leaders adopt 12-point homeless strategy
His report, submitted last week, gave the floundering community a series of specific steps that Marbut said will bring homeless adults and families into shelters and encourage them to connect with services like job training and addiction treatment …
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Trailblazing New Recovery Methods at Drug Rehab Macon Are Showing …
Make no mistake, opiates are as addictive and dangerous as any drug out there today. The addiction experts at Drug Rehab Macon are here to help however as they've instituted a brand new approach to addiction treatment that helps opiates addicts get …
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DoD widens addiction treatment options
21, the Defense Department lifted a restriction that prohibited Tricare from covering certain drug therapies used in substance abuse treatment. The change involves medications such as buprenorphine and methadone, considered potentially addictive for …
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Bossier has rare substance abuse treatment center for pregnant women
A local drug treatment center is doing its part to get homeless families off the streets. The Bossier Treatment Center's Family Success Institute helps mothers stay off drugs, while still caring for their children. It's unique because it's one of few …
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Philadelphia Treatment Center Launches New Video Regarding Services for …
A Philadelphia treatment center is pleased to announce that a new video has been launched explaining more services available at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers for people in Philadelphia and surrounding cities. Drug detoxification is used to reduce or …
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Pressure for Trey Radel's resignation slowly mounting
Radel, 37, has not resigned — even though he pleaded guilty to a crime and even though court papers say he purchased cocaine regularly — and intends to keep his seat while he receives inpatient substance abuse treatment. In talking to reporters on …
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Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment
Florida House colleagues will pick up slack while Radel undergoes drug treatment. By Michael Doyle. McClatchy … Through his attorney, David Schertler, Radel told the judge that he had already begun out-patient counseling through a Washington, D.C …
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Long road to substance abuse treatment for NH Medicaid patients will soon be …
Regardless of whether state lawmakers decide this week to make more people eligible for Medicaid, officials have committed to making substance abuse treatment available for the first time to people already in the program. The change means that for the …
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Abuse suit filed against St. Luke clergy treatment center
The center in Silver Spring, Md., has been a destination for the treatment of Minnesota Catholic monks and priests accused of sexual abuse of children, other sexual misconduct and addiction. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and St. John's …
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