Tylwalk orders three into long–term rehab program
Three people were ordered into a long-term drug rehabilitation program Wednesday by President Judge John Tylwalk. They will spend 22 months in the Renaissance Crossroads program, located the Lebanon VA Medical Center, followed by a year of …
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READER SUBMITTED: Revera Nursing & Rehab Recognizes Long Term Care …
Revera Nursing & Rehab, a member of the Revera Inc. family, would like to honor its center Administrators during Long Term Care Administrator's Week, March 9 through 15. Each of one our twenty-nine center Administrator's is dedicated to enriching the …
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Rehab For Celebrities: The Long Term Prognosis
Cory Monteith It seems that if you name a celebrity you are naming a person that has been in one form of rehab or treatment or another. This could be for depression, anxiety, alcohol or drug addiction, prescription drug addictions, sex addictions or …
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Diane W. Mufson: 'Affluenza' just a sick excuse for murder
According to ABC news reports, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was found to have a .24 blood-alcohol level and Valium in his system when he crashed his Ford-F 350 into a disabled vehicle. He was traveling 70 mph in a 40 mile per hour zone when he … The judge …
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Curtis Dale Hill's Death At Edmonton Remand Centre Considered A Homicide
EDMONTON – Police say an inmate who died at the Edmonton Remand Centre on Christmas Eve was the victim of a homicide. Curtis Dale Hill, 34, died of blunt force trauma. Witnesses say Hill was involved in a fight with inmates in his cell. Homicide …
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Gandolfini, O'Toole, Reed, Monteith, Walker Among Celebs Who Died In 2013
Fontaine died in her sleep at her home in Carmel, California after having been in failing health. She was 96. Among her most memorable films was … 31-year-old "Glee" star Cory Monteith was found dead on July 13 at a hotel in Vancouver, Canada, of an …
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SalusCare Offers Tips for a Safe New Year's Party
SalusCare, Inc., is the largest, most comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment program in Southwest Florida, serving 17,000 people per year from seven locations in Lee County and two in Hendry County. The non-profit company, created …
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Lea Michele Talks Cory Monteith With Ellen DeGeneres: 'He Was The Greatest …
The 27-year-old was referring to the tragic loss of Monteith, who died in July of a mixed-drug toxicity involving heroin and alcohol. He was 31 years old …. The high-pitched country singer who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in …
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NT rolls out mandatory alcohol rehabilitation
A new tribunal in the Northern Territory has the power to impose a three-month residential alcohol rehabilitation scheme on people who have been repeatedly placed in protective custody for drunkenness. And if a person absconds from rehab three times, …
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EDITORIAL: Quit abiding fraud in drug rehab program
The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN last month unveiled the results of a joint yearlong investigation into alcohol and drug addiction treatment for the poor. The reporting detailed widespread fraud in the Drug Medi-Cal program, the addiction …
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Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
And that's where the “system” —the programs and facilities and treatment strategies most commonly called into action to help addicts — started to fail Monteith. The evidence suggests that many of these institutions are ineffective or even potentially …
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