Sequestration forces closure of Sitka drug, alcohol treatment center
SITKA, Alaska — A residential drug and alcohol treatment center in Sitka is closing, a victim of federal budget cuts. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports (http://is.gd/teCu48) the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium announced that it has to close …
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NHS warned to radically rethink alcohol treatment
THE founder of one of the north's most successful alcohol treatment centres has urged health chiefs to radically rethink how they treat addicts – as the NHS prepares for a major overhaul of services. Denis Bradley, who set up the Northlands unit in …
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