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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Barnstable County Correction Facility lauded for substance abuse treatment
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility received high praise this week. According to a BCCF release, the facility has been chosen, along with five others, as a model for the treatment of …
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Chris Brown arrested again, discharged from rehab
Brandlin said last month that Brown should stay at the Malibu treatment facility for substance abuse and anger management because he was doing well in the court-ordered program and it gave him an "adequate safety net." In 2009, Brown was sentenced to …
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Elizabeth Vargas' husband 'had affair when she was in rehab'
The sources claim that songwriter Cohn — who wrote “Walking in Memphis” and has been married to Vargas since 2002 — was seen with the divorced spin guru during and after Vargas was undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction. Vargas sought …
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NT alcohol crackdown makes gains, but questions over mandatory rehabilitation …
People taken into police protective custody more than three times in two months can be ordered to go through a mandatory three-month alcohol rehabilitation program. The figures showing a drop in consumption pre-date the introduction of mandatory …
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Letters: Cannabis clash in California
The amount of tax money spent on this (obviously futile) effort could be better used on enhanced education of our youths about the perils of substance abuse (including alcohol) as well as on rehabilitation programs for those who "slip through the …
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Blabs from celebrities in rehab
Similarly, it was only when Grant Denyer's story was splashed across the pages of Woman's Day that the former weatherman confirmed he and his wife had been at one of Asia's most respected drug and alcohol rehab centres, The Cabin in Thailand. However …
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Jon Corzine's Son, 31, Commits Suicide In Mexico After Years Fighting Depression
Corzine, who was the youngest son of the former governor, had also battled substance abuse and had spent time in a California treatment center during his father's term as governor of New Jersey. Through the spokesman, the family lauded Jeffrey Corzine …
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Attorney General vows to combat uptick in heroin overdoses
Dr. Ken Roy, service director for the detox unit at River Oaks Hospital in Elmwood and founder of Addiction Recovery Resources Inc., a private substance abuse treatment center in Metairie told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reporter Michelle Hunter that …
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Is substance abuse coverage as equal as required?
Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without …
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Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Joe Avellone maintains focus on substance …
"As a Commonwealth, we have to treat substance abuse as a public health problem, not a criminal one. Through the Office of Recovery, we will work to remove the stigma and help everyone who needs it find treatment." Avellone says his proposed "Office of …
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Does My Health Insurance Cover Substance Abuse Treatment?
Medical care for substance abuse, also referred to as substance use disorder, is one of the essential benefits health plans must provide to comply with provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Policies sold in the health insurance marketplace as …
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Addiction recovery program to cease operations Saturday
BUCKHANNON – The Hall Neighbors' House – a program helping residents with drug and alcohol addictions – will cease operations on Saturday until another organization or agency can adopt the program. The Upshur Parish Cooperative, the agency that …
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Benchmark Recovery Center Gives Back to the Austin Community
Founded in 2006, Benchmark Recovery Center offers an extended-care recovery program for adult men and women struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction. Located east of Austin, Texas on 70 acres, the gender-specific, 90-day residential program …
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20 receive honors from recovery program at St. Matthew's House
Cleveland was one of 14 men and six women who graduated Thursday night from the Justin's Place Recovery Program, run by St. Matthew's House in East Naples. Started in 2010, the faith-based residential substance abuse and addiction recovery program …
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