Alleged drug smuggler headed to treatment center
A Rostraver Township woman accused of smuggling drugs over the U.S-Mexico border in Southern California will enter a drug treatment facility in San Diego County. Samantha Kurdilla, 22, of 1043 Broad Ave., will enter the CRASH – Community Resources …
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Passages Addiction Treatment Centers Joins Pinterest
Passages Addiction Treatment Centers is ramping up its social media efforts by adding a Pinterest page to share visual addiction treatment information, photos, and videos of their luxury rehab center in Malibu and affordable rehab center in Ventura …
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Northbound Treatment Services Now Addresses Women's Binge Drinking Problem
Northbound Treatment Services, the Southern California based alcohol and drug addiction treatment center, is now offering gender specific addiction treatment solution to the women's binge drinking problem sweeping the country. According to a recent …
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Alcohol Found to be a Significant Contributor to US Cancer Deaths, Cautions …
Both Passages Malibu and Passages Ventura rehab centers have earned coveted accreditation by The Joint Commission (JCAHO), which has only been given to 6% of the nation's behavioral health treatment programs. Both Passages Malibu and Passages …
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AlcoholRehabMN.com Provides Alcohol Rehab Info and Clinic Listing to Kick the …
AlcoholRehabMN.com provides informative articles on alcohol rehab centers all over the United States. It is also a platform for making easy search, as it provides a complete list of alcohol rehab centers for people who are considering entry into rehab …
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Non 12 Step Rehab Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Addresses Need for Parents to …
Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Inspire Malibu, recognized by many as one of the top California rehab centers, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California, announced today that he …
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What really goes on inside rehab
But no, they are all abstinence-based groups. One woman at one of the 12-step-based rehabs said to me that in a lecture it was mentioned that there were alternatives to deal with addiction and she raised her hand and asked what they were and was met …
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Drug Rehab Source Explains The Advantages Of Non Twelve-Step Rehabs
January 24, 2013 – Non twelve-step rehab facilities have become the best choices for a lot of people who seek drug rehabilitation and addiction treatment. As part of their initiative to provide as much information as they can about drug abuse and …
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Prominence Treatment Center Releases Eye-Opening Non–12 Step Infographic
Los Angeles based, luxury rehab center Prominence Treatment Center released an infographic explaining why a Non-12 Step addiction rehab treatment center is more likely to result in long-term sobriety than traditional 12-Step programs. The infographic …
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Celebrate Hope at Hope By The Sea, a Residential Rehab Treatment Center …
About Celebrate Hope: Celebrate Hope is Hope by the Sea's Christian Residential Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program, located in the coastal communities of Orange County Southern California. As an integrated component of one of the very best …
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Second chances
Despite his brilliance, Galliano's alcoholic character resulted in a tragic incident in Paris, 2011, which eventually led to his dismissal as the creative director of Christian Dior and subsequent absence from the fashion spotlight. Nearly two years …
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Gina, Seville Zoo Chimp, Addicted To Porn, Scientist Pablo Herreros Says
World's Smallest Dog? At two weeks old, Beyonce, a Dachsund mix born at a Northern California animal shelter, is just under four inches long and is in the running for the title of World's Smallest Dog. Here she is pictured resting on an iPhone. … A …
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Innovative Program for Stimulant Addiction and Sexual Disorders Opens at …
Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu and West Los Angeles are the premier addiction treatment centers in Southern California. Led by some of the nation's leading addiction specialists, Promises has built an international reputation for innovative …
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Vicenza High School Adolescence Substance Abuse Counselor Rosana Zapata together with Global Credit Union Branch Manager Sharon Black present cash awards to the three winners selected for the Red Ribbon Week Essay Contest. The event took place at the VHS Cafeteria Nov. 8.
About 35 VHS students submitted essays on this year’s theme “The Best Me Is Drug Free”.

Learn more on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil or www.facebook.com/USAGVicenza.

Photo by Laura Kreider, USAG Vicenza Public Affairs Office.

Drug Counselor Accused of DUI in Deadly Hit-and-Run Pleads Not Guilty
A substance abuse counselor accused of crashing into a pedestrian and driving for about two miles with the victim embedded in the vehicle's windshield pleaded not guilty Monday in connection with the man's death. Sherri Lynn Wilkins, 51, was in court …
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New Jersey Governor Who Resigned After A Sex Scandal Is Winning Praise For …
"Being in that program completely prepared me for everything I'm facing," said Lisa Buchek, who was released a year ago, has been reunited with her daughters and is studying to be a substance-abuse counselor. But the 41-year-old mother of two still …
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