Alcohol & Drug Rehab Kenosha Launches Center to Battle Substance Abuse …
Eugene, OR (PRWEB) February 06, 2014. A Kenosha alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it is opening its doors to help adults and adolescents fight back against their alcohol and drug addiction through Drug Addiction Treatment Centers.
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Life support extended for brain-dead girl in California
Family members said they were seeking to have her moved to a licensed long-term treatment centre in New York and had raised $ 20,000 in donations needed to pay for a cross-country airlift. Jahi's grandmother Sandra Chatman, herself a registered nurse, …
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Drug treatment centres give more abuse than therapy
Scattered across Cambodia are eight "drug treatment" centres. Each holds between 40 and 400 people whom the government claims are receiving treatment and rehabilitation for drug dependency. But don't be fooled. These centres are often surrounded by …
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Alcohol & Drug Rehab London Canada Launches Program to Support …
A London, Canada alcohol and drug rehab center is announcing that it has started a new program aimed at helping adolescents break their abuse of alcohol through new services available at Drug Addiction Treatment Centers. According to a report from the …
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BC struggles with how to treat the most severe of mentally ill drug addicts
Only one facility in the province serves mentally ill drug addicts. The Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction has 100 beds, but an estimated 300 people are in need. Even the Health Ministry acknowledged the centre is not "optimally equipped …
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HEALTH: New Port Centre marks 25th anniversary of providing residential …
PORT COLBORNE – The New Port Centre at the Port Colborne Site of the NHS offers residential and community addiction recovery treatment options to help people overcome substance use. This year marks a quarter century of providing residential addiction …
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Children to aid parent's recovery
Nguumanbiny Indigenous Corporation members Rebecca Chirps, Margie McDonell and Lynn Field (back) vow to drive down crime rates in Dubbo and Wellington with the establishment of the first residential rehab centre for families in the Central West …
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China's work camps raise human rights concerns over drug offenders
Many of the camps have housed drug rehab centres since mid-2008, when a new anti-drug law came into force. The law means police can sentence drug offenders without trial to two years or more of compulsory rehab, which can include forced labour.
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Laredo Treatment Center Launches New Adult, Adolescent Programs Based …
A Laredo treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues are now available for people living in Laredo, Zapata, Nuevo Laredo and surrounding cities through Drug Addiction Treatment …
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Addiction is a risk to us all
About 850,000 people aged 16-59 have taken a Class A drug in the past year, according to a new report from the Health & Social Care Information Centre. Of these some may try them once, some may use them regularly and some will become addicted.
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Local doctor tackles Ottawa's drug 'epidemic' with new treatment centre
Dr. Mark Ujjainwalla, who has been an addiction specialist for 25 years, says nearly 8,000 addicts in Ottawa tried to get help between 2011 and 2012 alone, and most of them were met with long waiting lists at area treatment centres. The long waiting …
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