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Rehab centre spike in synthetic drug use
Staff at a Hunter Valley drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre say they are seeing a big increase in the number of people hooked on synthetic drugs. Assistant co-ordinator at "The Glen", Joe Coyte says 12 months ago only five per cent of his clients …
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'It's best for me to get back into reality': Former football star Paul …
'I just remember the guy saying to the doctor in the treatment centre, “I don't think this guy's going to make it”, and obviously I put my head up a little bit, and I had tubes all over my arms and body, and getting injected, and I said, please don't …
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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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