Substance Abuse, Jobs Assistance Also Key to Realignment
Substance abuse, jobs assistance also key to realignment
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
The largest share of the intervention funding, nearly $ 600,000, is designated for substance abuse treatment. Janus of Santa Cruz is a key provider, offering outpatient counseling, detoxification, residential treatment, methadone management and family …
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Addiction Treatment Pioneer Dr. A.R. Mohammad Launches Awareness …
Filed under: drug abuse treatment
Dr. Akikur Mohammad, Founder of Inspire Malibu, recognized by many as the top drug rehab and addiction treatment centers in Malibu, California and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern …
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Update: Appeal in the Works for Terri Serra on 'Social Host Law' Conviction
Update: Appeal in the works for Terri Serra on 'Social Host Law' conviction
Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Illinois
She claims she was unaware of any alcohol or drug use by the teens before she discovered it after midnight and that they had stayed on her property after the party she held for families had ended. The clause of the state's Social Host Law that was …
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Man gets prison term for shooting neighbor's house
Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Illinois
Penn Researchers Use MRI to Study Drug Addiction
Penn researchers use MRI to study drug addiction
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
It's crucial research in the U.S., where nearly 22 million people need treatment for drug or alcohol dependency, and where policymakers have been slow to respond to the emerging science about addiction. In America's so-called "war on drugs," think of …
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Deadly Dope: Confronting a local problem
Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse treatment
The War on Pot Is No Safe Bet
The war on pot is no safe bet
Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago
White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske insists that even allowing medicinal pot "sends a terrible message" to adolescents. Mitchell Rosenthal, a psychiatrist who founded the substance-abuse treatment group Phoenix House, says there is "mounting evidence …
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men arraigned on felony drug charges
Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago
Two men accused of smuggling cocaine on the Ohio Turnpike were arraigned Thursday in Perrysburg Municipal Court on felony drug charges. Robert Hammond, 29, of Akron and Eric Strickland, 45, of Chicago are each charged with drug abuse and …
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Is There Some Program to Resettle Housing Project Residents Into Smaller Towns in the Midwest?
Question by Gavin Cato: Is there some program to resettle housing project residents into smaller towns in the Midwest?
I’ve heard this to be the case. Apparently residents from the major public housing projects in cities like Chicago are being resettled into smaller towns in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Residents of these towns report that poor newcomers have arrived from the big cities and have brought much criminal behavior with them. Does anyone have any documentation on this?
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Cedar Hills, Highland, Alpine Considering Program for Youth
Cedar Hills, Highland, Alpine considering program for youth
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan
Residents of Cedar Hills, Highland and Alpine have a vague awareness of the problems of substance abuse within their communities, according to a community readiness survey done last year. Pat Bird, prevention manager for the Utah County Department of …
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'Crazy vet' assumptions after shootings more stereotype than reality
Filed under: drug abuse treatment plan