Pastor establishes service to help those troubled by alcohol or drug abuse
"People who are co-dependent, this is a place to come, to share a story, maybe help them with their journey to sobriety," she said. A few of the attendees shared personal stories of how alcohol and drug abuse touched their lives. Comments ranged from …
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Thomas Koch: Governor's drug addiction initiative deserves wide support
We must address it as a public health crisis, providing treatment and support, rather than simply doling out punishment, claiming victory, and moving on to our next conviction.” That point is critical. It is easy to look at drug addiction as a bad …
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Editorial: Anti-heroin measures help drug addiction battle
Heroin use has increased in Wisconsin as deaths from overdoses has skyrocketed in Brown County alone. Heroin-related arrests are on the rise. Businesses have complained about trying to find job candidates who can pass a pre-employment drug test.
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Dawn Cutaia: Proposal to help troubled York youth: Mentoring treatment court
My last column was about the violence in York city that we see young kids engaging in, and how we seem to have given up on helping them. I wrote about what kind of a kid I was (I did drugs and ended up in rehab) but was able to change into a relatively …
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Help or Hurt? Outpatient Drug Treatment for the Homeless
Using multiple regression analysis, substance use status did not predict treatment participation and retention, whereas race, gender and employment composite score were significant predictors. Specifically, patients attended more sessions and remained …
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Trenton drug rehab patients forced to look to Florida for help
“We try to get patients help, but there aren't any places here to recover, I know of only one and it has 15 beds … this will not house all the addicts in this city,” Morgan said. “The pain of the addiction has to be greater than the recovery and rehab …
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Some neighborhoods are politically exempt from drug treatment centers …
Treatment is proven to be more successful if patients live near their treatment facility, he said. He said the clinic “makes a concerted effort to ferret out those misusing their medicines” and disputed the notion that drug sales or nuisance crimes are …
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New county substance abuse treatment assessment center opens Monday
A new York/Adams Drug & Alcohol Commission – White Deer Run York Assessment Center – will open Monday for individuals seeking substance abuse treatment, according to a news release. The center has been planned to open for several months and it …
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Former rehab CEO accused of embezzling 0000
The former CEO of the Colonial House was arrested Tuesday for allegedly embezzling more than $ 100,000 from the nonprofit drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility. Ernest Manuel, 47, of York, is charged with one count of theft by failure to make …
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A-Rod to rehab in New York, not at spring training
Alex Rodriguez will not report to spring training with the Yankees' position players and will work on his rehabilitation from hip surgery in New York. The third baseman is expected to be sidelined until at least the All-Star break following the Jan. 16 …
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Area scene: Smackdown club team claims tournament championship
The team's members include Hanover's Shelby Barnes and Briann Staub, Gettysburg's Lexi Coldsmith and Sophie Coldsmith, New Oxford's Taryn Crone and Karissa Floyd, South Western's Mariah Krumrine and Spring Grove's Adrienne Marcionette and Brooke …
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