Greater access to addiction treatment, support services for family, friends needed
Don Brechner, a vice president with Harrington Hospital in Webster, said that about 80 percent of children being brought to the hospital for emergency services have a dual diagnosis, but the hospital has only 14 inpatient beds and has a difficult time …
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Central State Hospital closings cause patient overflow at River Edge …
20, 2010, an article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution covering the closing of Central State facilities, stated that “state officials said that the change will not create any overcrowding elsewhere.” Contrary to this remark, reports obtained from …
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Narconon claims no liability in death of Norcross rehab patient
“All we're saying it that a drug and alcohol rehab facility has to take reasonable steps to prevent … their own patients from attempting to get drugs and alcohol,” he said. “Those people are there because they have a disease and they should be treated …
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Drug Rehab Use Resurfaces
“Arimol is not in the alcohol and drug rehab business,” he wrote. “Arimol is building residential houses in Crest Park. We sell, rent and lease our properties. We have not signed any leases or rental agreements with anyone or any company regarding …
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The Cabin Chiang Mai Alcohol and Drug Rehab to Provide Training on the …
The Cabin Chiang Mai, Asia's leading alcohol and drug rehab facility, in collaboration with the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, has been appointed by the Thailand Ministry of Health to conduct addiction treatment training on January 17th and 18th …
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Council plans to reduce rehab funding criticised by charity
The plan, which will be discussed by the council next week, would reduce funding for rehabilitation for “substance users with high levels of need”, cut the budget for drug and alcohol training for schools and professionals as well as the funding for …
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Narconon claims no liability in death of Norcross rehab patient
“All we're saying it that a drug and alcohol rehab facility has to take reasonable steps to prevent … their own patients from attempting to get drugs and alcohol,” he said. “Those people are there because they have a disease and they should be treated …
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Ind. substance abuse hospital to open women's drug-, alcohol–treatment center …
SHELBYVILLE, Indiana — An Indianapolis hospital that focuses on substance abuse has announced plans to open a drug- and alcohol-treatment center for women at a secluded central Indiana site that its chief executive says will become one of only a …
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Ethics
Free booze will flow in lobbyist hospitality suites. The most influential … 1 legislative backer of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a for-profit cancer hospital that wanted to move into Georgia and needed a special law to do it. Williams …
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What do you think when you see a related ad near a news story?
Please post here or feel free to attend our meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday in our offices at 311 E. Constitution St. The story in … He wanted to explain to readers why the hospital considered this issue important and talked with other hospitals, including …
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The Perfect Pass, Self Destruction, then Recovery
They decided that attractive airline attendants should have free drinks after landing in Boston. This then lead to free sex, a lifestyle … He claims a counsellor at Hotel Dieu, a rehab center in St. Catharines, Ontario, caught him at just the right …
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Amazing journeys
After falling and breaking his hip in September, Cart spent more than a month in an Atlanta rehab center recovering. Lawson was there every …. Three years later, Gillespie needs 174 more victories to claim those free holes in the ground. It hasn't …
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Saginawian of the Year Bill Schaefer of Freeland volunteers for Saginaw's …
Bill reports for duty 2-3 times each week to put in a day's work of odd jobs at the 14 houses the organization runs for women coming out of jail, prison or rehab. Jeff Schrier | Mlive. … Instead of heading to the office, though, the 70-year-old …
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