Fox Hill takes new tack, establishes Camden community living facility for …
Project proponents want to turn the 13.8-acre Fox Hill estate at 235 Bay View Street into a high-end residential alcohol and substance abuse treatment facility for up to 8 clients at a time, each paying approximately $ 60,000 for four to five weeks of …
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Church of Scientology drug rehab facility opposed
An offshoot of the Church of Scientology, the Association for Better Living and Education, has applied to Wyong Shire Council to run a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in the Yarramalong Valley in the central coast hinterland. ABLE runs the …
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Theater Listings for March 21-27
'Act One' (in previews; opens on April 17) Moss Hart's classic autobiography, one of the most beloved American theater memoirs, becomes a play courtesy of James Lapine, who also directs this Lincoln Center Theater premiere. Three actors — Matthew …
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15 months clean, former heroin user is dedicated to recovery, working full …
I am Jessica and 15 months ago, I was addicted to heroin, sticking needles in my arm.” Neeley, Shelly Campbell, 39, and Mary Pat Frost, 44, started a recovery group for women at Born Free, a substance abuse treatment center on Blackstone Street.
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State Sen. Phil Boyle pushes for new anti-heroin bill
Anthony Rizzuto, provider relations representative for Seafield Center, an inpatient substance abuse treatment center in Westhampton, said there should be a careful distinction made between dealers and addicts who need treatment. "I am not opposed to …
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Former heroin addict remains sober almost four years after she went to prison …
She and two other women battling addiction, Jessica Neeley, 27, and Mary Pat Frost, 44, started a peer support group for women at Born Free, a substance abuse treatment center on Blackstone Street. Eager to help, Campbell is involved in … She …
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Government invests in new drug and alcohol recovery services
'The schemes put forward show the passion and creativity the drug and alcohol treatment sector consistently puts into supporting recovery.' Successful initiatives in the North-East include a project to develop a one-stop recovery hub in Stockton that …
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Compass: Don't cut residential treatment for addicts
We hope our legislators will reconsider the cuts to the state Behavioral Health grants that fund residential addiction treatment. Alaska has startlingly high rates of addiction and cutting funding for residential substance abuse treatment when Alaska …
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Growth in Treatment Has Led to More Innovation
The recently implemented Affordable Care Act is the third transformative policy for addiction treatment. It defines care for substance use disorders as an essential health care benefit and fully incorporates the standards set by the mental health …
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Karen Larsen appointed new Yolo County mental health director
Additionally, she has created several specialized substance abuse and mental health treatment programs including adolescent treatment, perinatal substance abuse treatment, dual diagnosis programs, assertive community treatment programs and a variety …
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Vancouver's Portland Hotel Society gives alcoholics the harm-reduction treatment
A new study by the Centre for Addictions Research of B.C. at the University of Victoria has found that the “managed alcohol program” approach reduced emergency hospital visits and arrests among participants at Shelter House, in Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Letter: Substance abuse treatment programs need funding
Cutting funding for residential substance abuse treatment when Alaska continues to have high rates of alcoholism and substance abuse disorders is not appropriate. 2. Residential substance abuse treatment reduces incarceration/corrections budgets. Do …
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